[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 14, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE SOUTH COBB HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND

  (Mr. SCOTT of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to the 
Nation and to honor the South Cobb High School marching band--the Blue 
Eagle Band--for being selected to march for Barack Obama, the first 
African American to be elected President, in this extraordinary and 
historic inaugural parade.
  This is an extraordinary story, Madam Speaker, but it is not just a 
Georgia story; it is an American story. For, when these young people 
were recognized and were selected for marching in this parade, they 
didn't have the money to come and no means, but people all across this 
country, from as far away as Arizona and California--over 16,000 
donations and over 85 corporations--provided a way for these young 
people to come, young people who happen to come from the lower end of 
the economic stream. So you see, Madam Speaker, I am so proud to 
represent this extraordinary school from Austell, Georgia, from Cobb 
County, my district.
  Next Tuesday, when we're watching this parade and when we see this 
Georgia high school band go by, it will not just be a Georgia story; it 
will be an American story. It will not be just a story of small 
achievement; it will be a story of America. People will say, ``There 
goes America's band,'' because they got here and made it, because they 
practiced the values that made this country great with the spirit of 
the American people behind them.

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