[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 96 (Thursday, June 5, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2478-H2479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IN HONOR OF CHARLES RANGEL

  (Mr. Davis of Illinois was recognized to address the House for 5 
minutes.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, Representative Charlie Rangel was 
a dear friend and mentor of mine. He was very engaged and responsible 
for writing the Affordable Care Act and getting it passed.
  Charlie was a great one.


         Giving Tribute to Whitney M. Young Magnet High School

  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I take this opportunity to pay 
tribute to the Whitney M. Young Magnet High School and its 
administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and especially students.
  Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, located in Chicago, Illinois, is 
a public, 4-year magnet high school known for its academic excellence 
and selective enrollment. It offers an accelerated program, called the 
Academic Center, for seventh and eighth graders. Admission is based on 
entrance exams, standardized tests, and elementary school grades. The 
school has a strong focus on developing well-rounded individuals with a 
variety of performing

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and fine arts programs alongside academic preparation.
  The school is comprehensive and excels in athletics, as well. For 
example, during the 2023-2024 school year, they were city champs in 
boys' water polo, girls' basketball, girls' golf, girls' softball, and 
girls' swim and diving. Whitney M. Young Magnet High School was also 
the State champion in the Academic Decathlon during the last school 
year.
  While the school and its students have always been outstanding in the 
world of academics, this year in 2025, for the first time in the 
history of the school or any school that I know about in the city of 
Chicago, 23 of its students achieved a perfect score on the ACT test.
  Of course, the ACT is widely used in admission decisions and as a 
predictor of college success. I am certain that, if the business, civil 
rights, and National Urban League leader, Whitney M. Young, was alive 
today, he would join with us to congratulate Principal Rickey Harris 
and the entire Whitney M. Young Magnet High School community, 
especially the 23 ACT perfect scorers, on this monumental 
accomplishment.
  Imagine 23 perfect scorers in one school and in one place. What an 
accomplishment. What an achievement.
  I congratulate Whitney Young students, and everybody associated with 
this great accomplishment.

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