[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H3546-H3547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         RECOGNIZING MARK OTTEN

  (Mr. OWENS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize an extraordinary 
Utah educator, Mr. Mark Otten, a teacher at Gunnison Valley High School 
in South Sanpete School District.
  Mark has been teaching for 40 years at the same high school he once 
attended. He teaches 11th grade math and

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college algebra with one goal in mind: to help his students surpass 
him, and they do.
  One of his students just ranked number one in Utah and number two in 
the Nation in the Trig-Star exam, beating Mr. Otten's own timed score.
  Some of Mark's former students are now his doctor, dentist, and even 
his mechanic. That is the kind of legacy every teacher hopes for.
  Mr. Otten says he is not ready to retire, and I hope he doesn't 
because Utah needs more educators like him: humble, committed, with 
passion for and belief in the next generation.

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