[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23258]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       COMMENDING CENTURY COUNCIL

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the Congressional 
Hispanic Conference to recognize the Century Council and Nickelodeon 
for their creation of an innovative new program to educate middle 
school kids about underaged drinking.
  The Century Council is a national not-for-profit organization funded 
by America's leading distillers to develop and implement programs 
designed to combat drunk driving and underaged drinking.
  The Congressional Hispanic Conference has teamed up with Century 
Council and Nickelodeon to launch Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol 
Do Not Mix. The program helps adults and children communicate early and 
often about this important issue in a format and a language designed 
specifically for them.
  I commend the Century Council and Nickelodeon for giving Hispanic 
parents and children across the Nation such a valuable communications 
tool to initiate these critically important discussions regarding the 
dangers of alcohol.

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