[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 6, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         SENSE OF HOUSE OF ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL TEACHER DAY

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                               speech of

                     HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 5, 2008

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of House 
Resolution 952, to honor and recognize our Nation's teachers. I want to 
thank my colleague and good friend, Congressman Ron Klein for 
sponsoring this resolution. Today marks the beginning of National 
Teacher Appreciation Week, but America's teachers deserve more than a 
week of recognition for their investment in our country's most precious 
resource, our children.
  Too often teachers are overworked and underpaid. They spend long 
hours in the classroom, many hours after the school day coaching our 
kids and leading their extracurricular groups, and then go home to 
spend more time grading papers. They invest their own lives in the 
lives of our children, and every day they empower young people with the 
knowledge and tools they need to be successful and confident. America's 
future is in the hands of our children, and we owe our teachers a 
universe of thanks for their hard work.

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