[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 113 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1474-E1475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO THE BOY SCOUTS FROM TEXAS' 1ST DISTRICT ATTENDING THE 
                                JAMBOREE

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                           HON. LOUIE GOHMERT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 29, 2010

  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, this is in tribute to and in honor of the 
Boy Scouts of America Troops 1524 and 1525 along with other Scouts and 
Scout leaders, located in my District in East Texas. This week they are 
participating in the National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill in 
Virginia. This year's Jamboree carries on a long tradition, where just 
steps from the Capitol Building, the first ever Jamboree was held on 
the National Mall in 1937. Over the years, the Jamboree has become the 
pinnacle of all Scouting camps.
  Every 4 years or so, Troops descend from all over America to 
celebrate the tenets they all hold dear and to develop even further the 
life lessons Scouting is so effective in teaching. The entire process 
has traditionally done an outstanding job in molding boys into 
outstanding young men, while building character and instilling notions 
of personal responsibility, all of which have helped make America the 
envy of civilized nations.
  This year's Jamboree also holds special significance because 2010 
marks the 100 year anniversary of Scouting in America. Over this period 
they have grown into a premier youth organization and had very positive 
effects on millions of young males.
  Individual Boy Scouts throughout Scouting's 100 year history have 
gone on to do great things and serve our country in manners that have 
brought great honor and credit to the United States. More than 50 
percent of all NASA Astronauts were Boy Scouts. More than 30 percent of 
graduates from the Military, Air Force and Naval Academies were 
involved in Scouting in their youth and five of our Presidents were 
once Boy Scouts. Even within Congress, 199 of our current Members once 
participated in Scouting, with 22 achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. 
America is truly a better nation because of Scouting.
  As an Eagle Scout and Member of Congress, I can truly say that the 
wisdom and leadership I gained in Boy Scouts still benefit me every 
day. All those who take up the mantle of effective Scouting can be 
identified by the traits named in the Scout Law as ``trustworthy, 
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, 
brave, clean, and reverent.'' If America is going to continue to be 
great then, in the paraphrased words of Alex de Tocqueville, America 
must continue to be good. The Scouting doctrines clearly assist in 
making America ``good.''
  If we continue to see the young people in America living a morally 
sound life following the tenets supported by 100 years of Boy Scouting 
while dedicated to family values and country, then surely God will 
continue to bless America as He has during the last 100 years. To that 
end, the words from the Scout's Oath are as meaningful today as they 
were throughout Scouting's rich history:

       On my honor, I will do my best
       To do my duty to God and my country;
       To obey the Scout Law;
       To help other people at all times;
       To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and 
     morally straight.

  Participating in this, the historic Boy Scout Jamboree of the United 
States during the I00th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts, are the 
following Boy Scouts from the 1st Congressional District of Texas: 
Thomas Alberts, Brian Allen, Beathan Andersen, William Arnold, Alex 
Baker, Peter Ball, Rusty Bell, Zachariah Brown, Nate Cargile, 
Christopher Carlin, Hartley Coker, Paul Cook, Robert Cooper, Brian 
Cousineau, Carter Crump, Charlie Cullen, Myles Elbel, Michael Fedell, 
Michael Fedun, Joshua Fields, Chris Finlay, Danny Fisher, Garett 
Froats, Bryan Gilliland, Jacob Gage, Kyle Gage, Wyatt Gay, David Gean, 
Thomas Gunn, Rielly Hassell, Clint Hearn, Stratton Hibbs, Kaleb Hively, 
Trent Hood, Jacob Houck, Luke Hughes, Brian Humphreys, Andrew Kazlow, 
Kerrigan Keele, Nicholas Kottwitz, Francis Gene Lewis, Trevor Ligon, 
Garrett Manning, Noah Morrill, Koehler Munoz,

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Payton Myers, Kacee Newman, Taylor O'Bryant, Richard Olds, James Olson, 
James Pike, Lyle Potter, Tyler Reed, Blake Richey, John Hunter Sattler, 
Jack Schaeffer, Brady Schuh, Colbert Sheard, Jeremiah Slaughter, 
Spencer Smith, Brandon Spears, James Tyler Stricklin, Connor Tate, 
Travis Tate, John Timaeus, Andrew Walker, Jeffrey Dylan Watson, Elliot 
West, John West, Robert Westmoreland, Mason Wheeler, Zach Ziegelgrube.
  In addition, these Scouts of which their U.S. Representative Louie 
Gohmert is immensely proud, as should be the Nation itself, the 
following outstanding leaders have participated to lead these wonderful 
young men to the fulfillment of this scouting dream are the following: 
Paul Dunaway, Rory Hassell, Stephen Head, Jeffrey Jones, Matt Lindsey, 
Chris Peurifoy, Lyle Potter, Jim Reed, Greg Tate, Clinton Willbanks, 
Geoffrey Willbanks.
  The foregoing Boy Scouts and leaders have, by their demonstrated 
excellence and zeal, not only expanded their horizons and abilities, 
but they have also made it possible to create a better world in which 
to live for all those who follow hence. Accordingly, their names and 
participation are hereby memorialized in the Congressional Record of 
the United States of America to bear witness of their valiant 
participation to all those who may draw near. May God bless every one 
of these fine individuals just as He has so richly blessed these United 
States of America to this time.

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