[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21960]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          TRIBUTE TO BRAD COHEN, GEORGIA'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR

  (Mr. ISAKSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. Speaker, as the House and Senate conferees work to 
complete the job of the President's number one domestic issue, No Child 
Left Behind and the reform of education, I think it is appropriate that 
we pay tribute to those that every day teach our children, America's 
teachers. In particular, to one particular teacher in Georgia, Mr. Brad 
Cohen, a man who suffers from what many call an affliction, Tourette's 
syndrome. People would never think Brad Cohen would be a teacher.
  Instead, Brad Cohen calls Tourette's his friend, not his enemy. He 
has been recognized as Teacher of the Year, he teaches elementary at-
risk children to read. He has changed their lives and taught them to 
appreciate that one's disability can be one's advantage with the right 
attitude.
  Mr. Speaker, I pay tribute to Brad Cohen and all of America's 
teachers.

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