[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21221]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              COMMENDING THOSE WHO DEVELOP READING SKILLS

  (Mr. WATKINS of Oklahoma asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATKINS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend First 
Lady Laura Bush and our Nation's teachers who are helping our children 
develop their reading skills.
  Reading is a path to successful life. I have personal knowledge of 
the role of special teachers and am very thankful for my good friend 
Dr. Ann Dugger at Will Rogers Elementary School in Stillwater, who 
spent many hours with our grandson Bradley learning to read.
  My nephew, Josh Rogers, is a student in Mrs. Trish Fellers' third 
grade class at Derby Hills Elementary School in Derby, Kansas. The 
class read Jeff Brown's book ``Flat Stanley,'' in which Stanley is 
flattened by a bulletin board and mails himself to visit friends in 
California.

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  My nephew, Josh, mailed ``Flat Josh'' to my wife and me to stay for a 
month. ``Flat Josh'' came to Washington, D.C. to visit his own 
Congressman, the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Tiahrt), so ``Flat Josh'' 
is with us today.
  I am grateful for First Lady Laura Bush, Dr. Ann Dugger, and Mrs. 
Trish Fellers and many other teachers like them, and I encourage all of 
us to read to our children and our grandchildren.




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