[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22595]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 PUTTING BOOKS IN THE HANDS OF CHILDREN

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I just left a wonderful event at 
Union Station sponsored by First Book, Coca Cola, and Scholastic 
Educational Services.
  We all know that the mission of First Book is to put a book in the 
hands of children and encourage them to read. They are going to be 
there the rest of the day, so I am encouraging people to go by, sign 
this giant book, because for every signature that they get, some child 
is going to get their very own book to read.

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