[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 10, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1752]
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   HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE OF 
                                AMERICA

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                           HON. JOHN BOOZMAN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 10, 2003

  Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the 
Leadership Training Institute of America and their inspiring mission of 
faith for America's youth.
  LTIA originated in my home district of Northwest Arkansas and has 
successfully spread throughout the country and even to places as far 
away as Russia. Their purpose is to provide America's future leaders 
with a strong Christian foundation of faith in today's secular society.
  The participants of the program attend weekend seminars that teach 
them how their faith is a logical solution for many of the world's most 
challenging problems. They learn how to debate their worldly colleagues 
in an intelligent and inviting method. Furthermore, the students may 
attend a weeklong seminar once a year--here in our nation's capitol. 
While here, they meet with leaders in the Christian movement, attend 
discussions with their colleagues from all over the nation, and meet 
with their Congressional representatives.
  I believe this training is vital in preparing our future leaders to 
take their place in society. The youth of today face physical, 
emotional, and social challenges that shock the imagination. They are 
inundated with graphic images of sex and drugs everywhere they turn. 
Yet, we expect them to maintain their childhood innocence, without 
providing them with the tools they need to combat the horrible examples 
they receive. LTIA provides America with a wonderful solution of a 
generation steeped in their Christian faith and trained to face a 
materialistic society.
  As the former President Ronald Reagan said, ``The future doesn't 
belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.'' I believe the 
students involved in the Leadership Training Institute of America are 
part of our brave future and I applaud their efforts to make America an 
even greater nation than she is today.

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