[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H3684-H3685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF JOHN GODDARD

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Pennsylvania (Ms. Scanlon) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, this year, we celebrate the 50th 
anniversary of the first National EMS week and honor the first 
responders delivering urgent lifesaving care to people across our 
country.
  I rise to recognize a constituent who embodies the courageous and 
dedicated spirit of our emergency medical services professionals. Last 
month, Delco's own John Goddard, an EMS professional with Riddle 
Emergency Services at Main Line Health, was awarded the Pennsylvania 
Paramedic of the Year Award.
  John has served our community for nearly three decades, including as 
a flight paramedic and as a trainer and mentor for the next generation 
of EMS professionals. Since starting as a volunteer in 1996, John has 
shown up for our community day in and day out, delivering compassionate 
critical care to alleviate suffering and make our communities safer.
  It was heartwarming to attend the ceremony at which John received his 
award and to see the love and respect in which his colleagues and his 
family hold him.
  I thank John Goddard for his devotion to serving our community and 
inspiring the next generation of EMS professionals. We are lucky to 
have him.


                    In Recognition of Tyshawn Sorey

  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a constituent who 
just earned the prestigious 2024 Pulitzer Prize for music.
  Composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey was awarded the 2024 
prize for his composition, ``Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith),'' which 
premiered in March 2023 at Atlanta Symphony Hall.
  Sorey is known for his extraordinary ability to blend composition and 
improvisation in his work and for his effortless mastery of highly 
complex scores. The Pulitzer board describes Sorey's work as ``an 
introspective saxophone concerto with a wide range of textures 
presented in a slow tempo, a beautiful homage that's quietly intense, 
treasuring intimacy rather than spectacle.''
  This Pulitzer is just the latest addition to Sorey's list of 
accomplishments. It comes 1 year after he was named a Pulitzer finalist 
for his acclaimed composition, ``Monochromatic Light (Afterlife).''
  He was a 2017 MacArthur Fellow, and, after the 2018 Opera 
Philadelphia premiere of his ``Cycles of My Being,'' a set of songs 
exploring the African-American male experience, he was named the opera 
company's composer in residence from 2019 through 2023.
  He currently serves as the Presidential assistant professor in the 
departments of music and Africana studies at the University of 
Pennsylvania, where he maintains a vigorous touring schedule in 
addition to his academic duties.
  In the future, Sorey plans to continue pushing boundaries, extending

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cultural norms, and reformulating public perceptions of modern Black 
creative practice through the breadth and depth of his works.
  I congratulate Mr. Sorey on this prestigious and well-deserved 
recognition.

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