[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATING CAPTAIN MIKE LAWHORN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Good) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GOOD of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of 
Campbell County, Virginia's, finest: Captain Mike Lawhorn.
  On May 30, Rustburg High School's faculty and staff named Captain 
Lawhorn the winner of this year's Hugh D. Pendleton Award of 
Leadership, which recognizes exceptional community leadership.
  As a graduate of Rustburg High School, a lifelong resident of 
Campbell County, and a veteran of the United States Air Force, Captain 
Lawhorn has dedicated his life to bravely serving his Nation and his 
community.
  Captain Lawhorn has climbed the ranks in the Campbell County 
Sheriff's Office, beginning as a school resource officer at Rustburg 
High School in 1998, and now serving as captain of the administrative 
services division where he has been dedicated to ensuring school and 
court safety since 2018.
  Captain Lawhorn participated in the FBI National Academy in 2022, 
becoming the first only Campbell County Sheriff's employee to complete 
this distinguished and challenging program.
  I am honored to represent such an outstanding member of the Campbell 
County community, and I thank and congratulate Captain Lawhorn for his 
lifetime of service.


 NCAA DIII Men's Baseball Championship Winner--University of Lynchburg

  Mr. GOOD of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
extraordinary accomplishment of the University of Lynchburg's men's 
baseball team.
  On June 8, the Lynchburg Hornets earned a 7-6 victory over Johns 
Hopkins University to win the NCAA Division III National Baseball 
Championship, representing the program's first national title.
  In the third and final game of the championship series, the 
University of Lynchburg fell behind by four runs in the top of the 
first inning, but they clawed their way back with two runs in the 
bottom of the first and second innings, and three in the fifth, to 
claim the lead for good and clinch the title.
  The Hornets' 48 wins this season set an Old Dominion Athletic 
Conference record for victories and reflects the countless hours of 
discipline and dedication required to reach this pinnacle of success.
  I congratulate the Lynchburg Hornets for their victory in the NCAA 
Division III National Championship, and I am honored to represent this 
championship team from my hometown and the Fifth Congressional District 
of Virginia.


                    A Path to Fiscal Responsibility

  Mr. GOOD of Virginia. Madam Speaker, the number one responsibility of 
the House of Representatives is to secure and protect the fiscal 
stability of the United States of America. What that means is we are 
protecting and ensuring our ability to meet our obligations, to fund 
our government, and when necessary, to borrow to meet those needs in 
extenuating circumstances.
  We just came through a debt ceiling battle where the debt ceiling was 
raised unconditionally through January of 2025, and there was the scary 
narrative that was used that we were facing some kind of a national 
default if we didn't raise the debt ceiling.
  However, there was not going to be any default because there is more 
than enough revenue coming in to meet the approximately $70 billion a 
month that it takes to pay the interest on the Nation's debt, to 
service our debts, and to prevent an actual default.
  However, if we do not make true reforms and cuts in spending, we will 
surely have a national default in the near future.
  Madam Speaker, it is incumbent upon us that we use the upcoming 
budgetary process, the appropriations process, to cut our spending and 
put us on a path to fiscal responsibility.
  As the new Republican majority, we must ensure that the 
appropriations process reflects the priorities of our majority: that we 
secure our border; that we strengthen our military; that we defund 
climate extremism; that we restore American energy, reliable and 
affordable energy; that we defund DEI; that we defund CRT; that we 
defund LGBTQ programs; that we defund abortion; and that we defund 
indoctrination in our education systems.
  This will have the result, as we restore fiscal responsibility, of 
reducing inflation that is crushing the purchasing power of the 
American people; that we reduce the interest rates, we allow the 
Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates because we are reducing 
inflation, and those interest rates that are crushing the cost of 
housing and mortgages for Americans across the country; that we reduce 
gas prices that are crushing middle-income, lower income, and fixed-
income Americans; that we help our farmers to reduce the grocery prices 
that are making it so hard for Americans to put food on the table; and 
that, again, we restore fiscal responsibility to ensure the fiscal 
future for our children and our grandchildren.

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