[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 119 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1251]
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 66 REPS, TO BE THE BEST . . . A TRIBUTE TO ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND 
                THE AMERICAN DREAM ON HIS 66TH BIRTHDAY

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                            HON. JEFF DUNCAN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 28, 2014

  Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of 
former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and The American Dream on his 
66th birthday. This world renown Championship body builder, turned 
Movie Star Icon, to Governor of California is the antifascist of The 
American Dream. He is a champion for physical fitness and children's 
causes. He is living proof that hard work and believing in yourself has 
no limits in America. I ask that this poem penned in honor of his 66th 
birthday by Albert Carey Caswell be placed in the Record.

                     66 Reps, To Be the Best . . .

     66 Reps!
     To Be The Best!
     Will we LEAD, or will we rest?
     Do we BUILD on our success?
     But To Be The Best!
     Will we fall,
     or will we CREST?
     Do we follow,
     or will we LEAD?
     Showing our world,
     what it is that she so NEEDS!
     Do we make our lives FULL,
     or shallow?
     DO WE LIVE LARGE NOT NARROW?
     DO WE WORK OUT, AND DO IT NOW?
     Do we CRUSH IT?
     To find VICTORY as such it!
     Only by living the GOLDEN RULE,
     will we so SHINE like a jewel!
     While, PUMPING UP our world so full!
     All to BLESS HER,
     as Arnold has done oh so yes sir!
     What will we give all in our time?
     To this our world ALL IN OUR LIVES!
     Do we TERMINATE doubt,
     when that's all people talk about?
     And what do we so create,
     with each new rep that we so take?
     And say, ``GET OUT!''
     In each brand new shining day!
     Do we BEEF IT?
     DO WE FEEL THE BURN?
     AND FOR GREATNESS SO YEARN!
     And are we NOT AFRAID to fail!
     Because that's the only way TO VICTORY NAIL!
     And will you give ALL OF your HEART and SOUL?
     For that's the only way TO TURN YOUR DREAMS INTO GOLD!
     STRETCHING OURSELVES,
     so beyond belief out on our life's road!
     As we GROW,
     and to this world convey!
     Saying HASTA LA VISTA BABY,
     to those who NO say!
     And ``GET OUT'' of my way!
     All in what our LIVES'S so have to say!
     Leaving DYNAMIC GAINS all in our wake's!
     So all in our HEARTS what we CREATE!
     All in what WE GIVE and TAKE!
     And what is The True Measure of a Man?
     The ONE who before us now so stands?
     For LIFE is so very short!
     So then what is it that we HOPE to sport?
     All in the days of our LIVES report!
     And who do we LIFT UP?
     When in tough times BELIEVING and NEVER GIVING UP?
     To make all of our lives so BUFF!
     All in our life's REP'S as such!
     Do we dare to PUSH THE ENVELOPE?
     TO MAKE DYNAMIC GAINS all in our approach!
     Giving to all such HOPE!
     All in what our HEART'S INVOKE!
     For we only have so many REP'S!
     For this our world to so BLESS!
     All TO BE THE BEST!
     For WE MUST BE BOLD,
     For WE MUST BE STRONG!
     For WE MUST WORK HARD, all night and day long!
     If we are to WRITE our life's song!
     And as the years progress!
     SOME of us shall not grow old!
     Men like Arnold NEVER DO SO!
     Whose HEART'S never run cold!
     For his is THE HEART of a CHILD yo!
     Who see's the GOOD IN ALL HE BEHOLD'S!
     Whose SMILE TO ALL HEART'S CALL'S SO!
     Who NEVER STOP'S BELIEVING,
     as new DREAMS he's CONCEIVING!
     For he knows not the word DEFEAT even!
     And FAILURE is not an option CONCEIVING!
     All in his Austrian-American HEART which is BEATING!
     Is a HEART of a CHILD,
     who against all odds is COMPETING!
     As he let's his DREAMS run wild!
     With his greatest of all SMILES,
     and CHAMPIONSHIP style!
     And if you want to get TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP?
     You've got to CLIMB STRAIGHT UP!
     66 REP'S, but there's a lot more left!
     In this American Hero be assured!
     Maybe, SIXTY-SIX MORE?
     WORK OUT, DO IT NOW!
     66 REP'S TO BE THE BEST!

     Happy 66th Birthday Arnold!

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