[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9219]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL AT THE WE THE PEOPLE . . . 
                            NATIONAL FINALS

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                            HON. TOM BLILEY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 11, 1999

  Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the outstanding 
performance of the students at the Governor's School for Governmental 
and International Studies in Richmond, VA, in the We the People . . . 
the Citizen and the Constitution national finals held May 1-3, 1999 in 
Washington, DC.
  After successfully competing against other students from Virginia and 
winning the Virginia State finals, these students went on to win 
honorable mention as a top ten finalist in the We the People . . . The 
Citizen and the Constitution. This is the first time a school from 
Virginia placed in the top ten.
  These bright and talented students from the Governor's School 
competed against 50 other schools comprising more than 1,200 students 
from across the country. They have worked extremely hard to reach the 
national finals and demonstrated their superior knowledge and 
understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
  I commend the students and their teacher Philip Sorrentino on this 
outstanding achievement.

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