[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 48 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR DAY

  (Mr. DOYLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DOYLE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to an 
upcoming expression of caring and activism. Tomorrow, March 20, would 
have been Fred Rogers' 81st birthday. It also marks the second annual 
``Won't You Be My Neighbor Day,'' a day each year dedicated to 
furthering the efforts of Pittsburgh native Fred Rogers, known to many 
as Mr. Rogers from the long-running TV show ``Mr. Rogers' 
Neighborhood.''
  Fred Rogers spent most of his adult life nurturing the development of 
self-assured, well-rounded, and caring young people.
  Family Communications, Incorporated, the nonprofit organization 
founded by Fred Rogers in 1971, is asking all Americans to put on their 
favorite sweater tomorrow and undertake some act of neighborliness or 
caring--anything from striking up a friendly conversation with your 
neighbor to helping out in your neighborhood, so long as it helps 
create closer communities and exemplifies what it really means to be a 
good neighbor.
  I hope my colleagues and people across the country will join me in 
honoring Fred Rogers' remarkable life's work by observing ``Won't You 
Be My Neighbor Day'' tomorrow.

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