[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E743]
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               CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF MERIT WINNERS

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                         HON. MICHELE BACHMANN

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 4, 2010

  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the accomplished 
students who earned the Certificate of Congressional Merit for their 
exemplary citizenship and academic excellence. Eleven students from 
Minnesota's Sixth District were nominated by their schools for this 
prestigious award and it is a great privilege to be able to share their 
accomplishments with this Congress.
  These students have shown that they can set and achieve goals, work 
as a team member or a leader, and contribute to a larger cause all 
while making time for study and friendships as well. They have made 
significant contributions to their schools and communities and stand 
out to faculty and staff as students that would never ask for 
recognitions for their efforts.
  I rise today, Madam Speaker, to honor these 11 students for their 
successful high school careers and to wish them all the best in their 
bright futures: Kaia Larson, Meadow Creek Christian School; Kara 
Peterson, Becker High School; Danielle Liebl, Rocori High School; 
Taylor Haag, Paynesville Area High School; Matthew Vogel, Saint Francis 
High School; Zachary Johnson, Monticello High School; Duy Nguyen, 
Spring Lake Park High School; Travis Taylor, New Life Academy; Sandra 
Arnold, Delano High School; Emily Bloch, Immaculate Conception Academy; 
and Kelsey Vigoren, Kimball Area High School.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating these students for 
their hard work and wishing them the best of luck. As the Irish poet 
and Noble Peace Prize winner William Butler Yeats said, ``Education is 
not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.'' In these 
students, a fire has been lit. They are the bright future we have to 
look forward to in Minnesota, and in our Nation.

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