[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 176 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1618]
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                        TRIBUTE TO EVAN BURNHAM

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 7, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Evan Burnham, a senior at Valley High School in West Des 
Moines, Iowa, for earning a perfect score on his American College 
Testing (ACT) examination.
  Evan is one of only 2,235 students out of 2.1 million 2017 high 
school test-takers who earned this very rare honor. He was one of five 
students in his Valley High School class to earn the top composite 
score of 36, a milestone that had never before been reached in the 
school's history. Evan is known for being a naturally good test taker, 
and went into the ACT examination well-prepared. He has not yet decided 
what will be his field of study but his interests are chemistry and 
environmental science. With the work ethic he has displayed on his ACT 
examination, I am confident he will excel no matter what route he 
decides to take.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Evan for his hard-work, dedication, and 
commitment to excellence. I ask that my colleagues in the United States 
House of Representatives join me in congratulating Evan and in wishing 
him nothing but continued success.

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