[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING SHUBHANKAR BALIYAN, PENNSYLVANIA'S 10TH CONGRESSIONAL 
            DISTRICT 2019 CONGRESSIONAL APP CHALLENGE WINNER

  (Mr. PERRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Shubhankar 
Baliyan as the winner of the 2019 Congressional App Challenge for the 
10th District of Pennsylvania.
  Shubhankar is a student at Cumberland Valley High School in 
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and submitted the winning app called 
ExciteMath. It is an application designed to help elementary-aged 
students practice basic, mental math skills in a fun and engaging way.
  In each level of the app, students are given a target range or sum, 
that their final number must fall within and a specific number of hits 
they must use during that round. The student must then maneuver around 
falling numbers and select which to add or subtract from their sum for 
that round.
  A panel of experts selected ExciteMath as the winner for its 
creativity, coding proficiency, and functionality. Through this app, 
Shubhankar also demonstrated a desire to give back to our community by 
helping children struggling with mathematics.
  I congratulate Shubhankar on a job well done and look forward to 
seeing his app displayed right here in the Capitol.

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