[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 13 (Wednesday, February 9, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1945
                   HONORING THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Boustany). Under a previous order of the 
House, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick) is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. 
Con. Res. 6, which is on the agenda of the United States House of 
Representatives today, expressing the support of the United States 
Congress for the Boy Scouts of America.
  Mr. Speaker, I also rise as a lifetime Scouter and a very proud Eagle 
Scout. As a matter of fact, this week marks the 95th anniversary of the 
incorporation of the Boy Scouts of the America. It was February, 1910 
that the Boy Scouts of America were incorporated in New York. They 
stood for a set of values. They stood for something. They stood on a 
set of principles, teaching young men to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful 
and friendly.
  If you think about it, there are not many organizations around today 
who were around 95 years ago that stand for the same things today that 
they stood for back at the time of their inception, back at the time of 
their incorporation, teaching young men to be courteous, kind, 
obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent to God. That is 
what the Boy Scouts of the America stand for. It is what they have 
always stood for.
  The Department of Defense, the United States military, have always 
been encouraged by the United States Congress. Of course, the Congress 
provides one of the very few congressional charters to the Boy Scouts 
of America. The Congress has always supported the Boy Scouts.
  They have always encouraged the Department of Defense to support the 
Boy Scouts of America, as well. As a matter of fact, this coming year, 
the Boy Scouts will hold a quadrennial national jamboree at Fort A.P. 
Hill in Virginia, not too far from the Nation's Capital.
  This resolution encourages the Department of Defense to continue 
support of the Boy Scouts of America. I believe it is the sense of 
Congress and also the sense of the citizens of the United States of 
America that we continue to support the Boy Scouts.

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