[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 37 (Monday, March 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E376]
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 HONORING MEMBERS OF HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL FASHION PROGRAM FOR THEIR 
                              ACHIEVEMENTS

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                           HON. STEVE ISRAEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 15, 2010

  Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Speaker, a group of impressive students from the 
Huntington High School Fashion Program joined First Lady Michelle Obama 
for a historic occasion, the donation of her Inauguration gown to the 
Smithsonian's First Ladies Collection.
  These students impressed and inspired the First Lady a year ago when 
their teachers challenged them to design an Inauguration gown fit for 
the new First Lady. They studied both Michelle Obama and the work of 
other designers. They then sent a book of their designs to the First 
Lady.
  More than a year later, the First Lady remembered that project and it 
when it was time to arrange for her Smithsonian ceremony she asked the 
Huntington High School students to join her in Washington, DC for the 
special event.
  Madam Speaker, all of Long Island couldn't be more proud of the work 
of the Huntington High School students.
  We are equally proud of their teachers who challenged them with this 
creative project. These teachers thought big. They thought outside the 
box. And they along with their students are being rightfully rewarded 
with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
  Madam Speaker, I thank First Lady Michelle Obama for her thoughtful 
inclusion of the Huntington High School Fashion Program in this 
ceremony and I commend Huntington High School's students, teachers, 
parents and administrators whose great efforts led to this special 
recognition.

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