[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 60 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E739]
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  ``CONGRATULATING THE NATIONAL JROTC MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS OF T.C. 
                          MARSH JUNIOR HIGH''

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 16, 2007

  Mr. SESSIONS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to proudly recognize T.C. 
Marsh Junior High School as the home to the National Junior Reserve 
Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Middle School Champions. Thirty-five of 
the school's 217 unit members qualified for the competition which was 
held on March 31 in Dallas. Under the guidance of teacher David Bates, 
the students competed against units from all over the country. Bates 
served for the army as a corporal in the First Calvary. As a former 
Florida Gator football player, Bates coaches W.T. White varsity 
softball and football teams and until this year, coached 8th grade 
football, basketball and baseball at T. C. Marsh. I congratulate David 
Bates and the students of T.C. Marsh Junior High School for their well-
deserved victory and wish them all the best in future endeavors.

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