[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 77 (Friday, May 11, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E633]
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   PRANAV CHEMUDUPATY QUALIFIES FOR THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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                            HON. PETE OLSON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 11, 2018

  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Pranav 
Chemudupaty for qualifying for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
  Pranav, an eighth-grader at Nolan Ryan Junior High School, won the 
regional spelling bee by spelling the word oxyacetylene to advance to 
the national championship in Washington, D.C. May 27 through June 1. He 
is the second member of his family to win the regional bee to advance 
to nationals. His older brother, Aditya won in both 2009 and 2010. 
Pranav has been studying for the spelling bee since he was in 
kindergarten and knew every single word that he was asked in the bee 
this year.
  On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congressional District of Texas, 
congratulations again to Pranav Chemudupaty. We look forward to his 
continued successes and wish him good luck at nationals.

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