[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 166 (Monday, October 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8284-H8285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATING ELIZABETH BROWN

  (Mr. SMUCKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and thank an 
educator from my district who recently received a Presidential Award 
for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching from the National 
Science Foundation.
  Mr. Speaker, Elizabeth Brown of Brogue in southern York County was a 
chemistry, physics, and forensic science teacher at North Harford High 
School in Maryland. As a teacher, Beth started a Women in Science 
luncheon to support young women interested in careers in science.
  Beth currently has left teaching but is working to help other 
science, technology, engineering, and math, or

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STEM, teachers by writing Next Generation Science Standards curriculum.
  Mr. Speaker, I am incredibly thankful for the passion that Beth 
shared with her students, instilling in them an appetite for learning 
that they will carry for the rest of their lives.
  Congratulations to Ms. Brown on receiving the Presidential award.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Elizabeth Brown for her hard work, and I thank 
all the teachers across southern York and Lancaster Counties who do 
great work educating our students every day.

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