[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 170 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                               BEN YOUNG

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                        HON. JEFFERSON VAN DREW

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 17, 2023

  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker Pro Tempore, last month, it was my 
privilege to attend Benjamin Young's Eagle Scout Court of Honor. Ben 
began scouting at the age of eight years old and has since earned 
thirty merit badges. Throughout his time with the Scouts, he has held 
several leadership positions such as patrol leader and assistant senior 
patrol leader. For his Eagle Scout project, Benjamin constructed and 
installed purple martin houses, a type of birdhouse that purple martin 
birds prefer, at Kennedy Park in South Jersey for the Somers Point 
Green Team. These birdhouses will help control the bug population 
allowing South Jersey residents to enjoy the park without worrying 
about biting insects. This fall, Benjamin will be a senior at Holy 
Spirit High School in Absecon, South Jersey. He is an involved member 
of the school, holding membership in both the National Honor Society 
and the National French Honor Society. He will be taking everything he 
has learned in the scouts and in high school and apply this knowledge 
to his future studies of political science and urban planning. I am 
extremely proud of Benjamin, and I know he will do big things. God 
Bless Ben Young and God Bless the United States of America.

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