[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 11, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H6043-H6044]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING EAGLE SCOUT TOMMY FULFORD

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Bost) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Tommy Fulford of 
O'Fallon, Illinois, for winning the National Eagle Scout Service 
Project of the Year Award for the central region.
  This project was a year in the making. Tommy took a dirt-filled 
storage room dating back to 1904 in the basement of the O'Fallon, 
Illinois, History Museum and created an exhibit illustrating the long 
history of coal mining in southern Illinois. The room was designed to 
give visitors the feel of being in an actual mine.
  I visited the exhibit last month. Mr. Speaker, coming from mining 
roots myself, I can tell you Tommy's project hit very close to home.
  To put things in perspective, Eagle Scouts around the country and 
their volunteers completed almost 8.5 million hours of service toward 
their Eagle projects last year. This works out to 150 hours per 
project. Tommy and his 18 volunteers dedicated 934 hours of service to 
complete his coal mining exhibit.

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  Tommy, I applaud you, and I appreciate your dedication and hard work. 
I know you have a bright future ahead of you.


                   School Violence Prevention Program

  Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, in January, I came to this well to urge 
support for bipartisan legislation I introduced with my Illinois 
colleague, Mr. Schneider. Our bill proposed a Federal grant program to 
improve security at our schools and protect our children.
  Since then, our legislation passed the House and the Senate and was 
signed into law by President Trump. Because of Members' bipartisan 
support, I am proud to say these grants are now available to local 
communities.
  Please urge local officials in our districts to visit cops.usdoj.gov 
for more information on how to apply for up to $500,000 in grants 
through the school violence prevention program. However, the 
application deadline for this fiscal year is July 30, so time is of the 
essence.
  We have advanced safety technology in banks, office buildings, and 
retail locations. There is no reason we shouldn't have that same 
technology in our schools to protect our children.

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