[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1618]
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             IN HONOR OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LAUREN HAYNES

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 21, 2012

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
achievements of Lauren Haynes, one of my constituents in Pennsylvania's 
8th District.
  Thanks to Lauren's tireless efforts in pursuing excellence in 
education, she has been awarded the James. R. Hoffa Memorial 
Scholarship on behalf of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
  Offered to the families of union members, the James R. Hoffa Memorial 
Scholarship is a highly competitive program which rewards applicants 
who have demonstrated a commitment to their education.
  Thomas Jefferson deeply valued a good education, once declaring that 
``above all things I hope the education of the people will be attended 
to; convinced that on their good sense we may rely with the most 
security for the preservation of a due degree of liberty.''
  Lauren has carried on this American tradition of academic excellence, 
and I wish her the best of luck as she continues her work at Drexel 
University this Fall.

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