[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 139 (Friday, November 14, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EAGLE SCOUT JAMES WHITE

  (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, the Eagle Scout award, the highest 
honor in the Boy Scouts of America, is widely recognized as a great 
accomplishment in the life of a young man. Only a small percentage, 
about 2 or 3 percent, of all the young men who join and participate in 
the programs of the Boy Scouts are able to achieve it.
  This weekend, in my district, James White will become our Nation's 
newest Eagle, and he is the third son of Dave and Ann White of Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania, to have been awarded scouting's highest honor.
  As an Eagle, James has lived up to the principles of the Scout Oath 
and Law and has demonstrated the type of citizenship and leadership 
that I believe is so vital to the future of our Nation.
  When he becomes an Eagle Scout, James will be standing with World War 
II combat veteran George Gieda, who James accompanied on an Honor 
Flight of veterans here to the Capitol 2 years ago. They became 
friends; they have stayed in touch; they have provided inspiration to 
each other.
  Because I can't be with the White family this weekend, I wanted the 
Record to reflect my congratulations, my hope that James' future will 
be filled with many more significant and meaningful achievements, and 
my belief and reflection that we need more young men like Eagle Scout 
James White.

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