[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13323]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        TRIBUTE TO JOHN EDWARDS

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I just left a marvelous event in which 
Mr. John Edwards of my hometown of Mobile, AL, was recognized 
nationally for his selfless service to youth. He had been trained as a 
boxer and has done some professional boxing.
  Mr. Edwards has two children. He trains now 18 to 36 young people in 
a gym. He works two jobs and trains them on the side. He does more than 
just teach them boxing; he teaches them how to work, how to save, how 
to manage money, and the important characteristics that are necessary 
for life.
  He told me, when they come there, the first thing he asks them to 
produce is a report card. If it is not good enough, he puts them on 
sort of his own probation, and he works with them to see their grades 
improve.
  I just believe there are more people than we realize in America today 
who are giving of themselves for other people.
  Mr. Edwards shared that. It is important to me because I chair the 
Youth Violence Committee. Young people are in trouble today, and they 
need adults who care about them and who will spend time with them. 
There are people like Mr. Edwards who have done that to an 
extraordinary degree, and we salute all of them.
  I particularly congratulate Mr. Edwards on his commitment to his 
community and my hometown of Mobile, AL.

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