[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 171 (Tuesday, October 29, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CELEBRATING KINDNESS MONTH

  (Ms. SCANLON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, last week, we celebrated the life of 
service of our colleague Elijah Cummings. He always said our children 
are the living messengers we send to a future we will never see. 
Nothing could be truer.
  In addition, students and young advocates inspire me every single 
day, so I want to share with all of you an initiative that students in 
my district launched this month. Students at the Interboro School 
District are wrapping up their celebration of Kindness Month, a program 
inspired by Sandy Hook Promise in an effort to reduce bullying and 
reduce school violence.
  Since the beginning of October, Interboro students have been 
encouraged to say a simple ``hello'' to students they might see every 
day but not usually speak to or to hold the door for someone they don't 
know.
  In honor of Kindness Month, I, too, have committed to reaching across 
the aisle to say hello and strike up conversations with colleagues I 
may not know that well.
  We all have something to learn from the Interboro students as we work 
together to create a world that is more respectful, fair, and kind for 
this generation and the next.

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