[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1579-H1580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING THE WEST ORANGE HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate, again, some 
exceptional young people from my district, the cheerleaders from West 
Orange High School. Known as the Mountaineers, they fought their way to 
the 2020 Universal Cheerleading Association's National Cheerleading 
Championships in Orlando, Florida. They survived a tough regional in 
Pennsylvania to get there.
  In Orlando, they faced the best high school cheerleading squads in 
the country. During their first UCA competition, they won their 
semifinal for the large varsity non-tumbling division and earned a trip 
to the finals.
  Before they left, I said to them I hoped that they would bring the 
trophy home to West Orange, and that is exactly what they did. The 
Mountaineers earned a trophy for finishing eighth out of 32 squads, and 
I am extremely proud of them. They may not have

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earned the top trophy, but they are champions to me and their entire 
10th District of New Jersey.

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