[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 73 (Monday, May 7, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H3764-H3765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to recognize all the 
teachers around the country who work so tirelessly to educate our 
children.
  This is Teacher Appreciation Week, and Tuesday, May 8, is National 
Teacher Appreciation Day, but we should show them our appreciation each 
day.

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We trust them with our most prized assets for many hours a day: our 
children. Most of us who go to work Monday through Friday entrust the 
teachers with the daily caretaking, development, and, of course, the 
education of our kids, and sometimes that task can take on a lot more, 
even parenting, when kids come from broken homes.
  A teacher's job is indeed difficult. As parents, it can be easy to 
lose sight of the significance and influence teachers have on our kids' 
lives on a daily basis. I know this firsthand.
  My wife is a teacher; my sister is as well. I know firsthand, my 
wife, the many hours spent after school, using her own dollars to help 
make her classroom a better learning environment for those kids, 
because it comes from the heart.

  I want to thank her, my sister, and all those teachers all around the 
country for giving that extra that it takes when sometimes society 
falls short in its own ways.
  Congratulations on Teacher Appreciation Week.

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