[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 7, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




NOMINATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES SERVICE ACADEMIES FROM PENNSYLVANIA'S 
                            SEVENTH DISTRICT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Meehan) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, let me take a moment to associate myself 
with the remarks of the gentlelady from California and commend her for 
her efforts in this point to identify the steps that can be taken to 
alleviate the issue of unaddressed rapes in the military. As a former 
prosecutor, I commend that effort and urge my colleagues, in a 
bipartisan fashion, to pay attention to this issue and hope that we 
might be able to find common ground to alleviate this injustice.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 36 remarkable young people in my 
own district. The following students from Pennsylvania's Seventh 
Congressional District will receive my nomination for the United States 
Service Academies.
  Nominated to the United States Military are: Domenic Luciani from 
Monsignor Bonner High School, Nicholas Gustaitis from B. Reed Henderson 
High School, Andrew Helbling from La Salle College High School, Evan 
Harkins from West Chester Bayard Rustin High School, Kunal Jha from 
Delaware County Christian High School, Daniel McCormick from The 
Episcopal Academy, Ryan Fulmer from Devon Preparatory School, Dean 
Feinman from Haverford High School, and Isacc Wagner graduating from 
the Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency.
  Nominated to the United States Naval Academy are: Maxwell Wiechec 
from West Chester East High School, Sean Ridinger from Marple Newtown 
High School, Timothy Bell from Archbishop John Carroll High School, 
Micheal Cerrato from Methacton Senior High School, Fletcher Criswell 
from Spring-Ford Senior High School, Micheal Dartnell from Monsignor 
Bonner High School, Thomas Dolan from Ridley High School, Andrew Driban 
from Garnet Valley High School, Peter Guo from Conestoga High School, 
Joseph Horn from Roman Catholic High School, William Kacergis from The 
Episcopal Academy, Alexander La Bruno from St. Joseph's Preparatory 
School, Brian Landi from Marple Newtown High School, Luke Lawrence from 
West Chester East High School, Michael McKernan from Penncrest High 
School, Eric Milkowski from Monsignor Bonner High School, Jackson 
Pierucci from Malvern Preparatory School, Thomas Shiiba from Strath 
Haven High School, Joseph Sincavage from St. Joseph's Prepatory School, 
and Eric Csop from Strath Haven High School has been nominated to both 
the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy.
  Nominated to the United States Air Force Academy are: Caitlin 
Sullivan from Radnor Senior High School, Rebecca Bates from Villa Maria 
Academy, Kevin Brewer from Monsignor Bonner High School, Meghan 
Callahan from Cardinal O'Hara High School, and Kyle Schwirian from 
Spring-Ford High School.
  And lastly, to the United States Merchant Marine Academy are: Kelly 
Choi from Garnet Valley High School and Peter Heinbockel from Strath 
Haven High School.
  Mr. Speaker, it's my privilege to nominate these fine young men and 
women to our United States Service Academies, some of the finest 
institutions in the world. These exceptional students have demonstrated 
themselves to be the best of the best. I invite the people of 
southeastern Pennsylvania to join me in honoring them for their 
willingness to serve our country, and I wish each and every one of them 
all of the best in their bright futures ahead.

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