[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 27]
[House]
[Page 35822]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             GREAT PLACES TO RAISE KIDS FOR LESS--NEBRASKA

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 11 
Nebraska towns for being named ``Great Places to Raise Kids for Less'' 
by Business Week Magazine.
  Anyone who has ever been to Nebraska knows it's a great place to 
raise a family. Now it looks like others are finding out, and I hope 
the rest of the Nation takes note.
  Nebraska boasts 11 of the 50 places in the United States which offer 
kids and their parents the right combination of safety, community, and 
education. I am also proud to point out that out of those 11, seven are 
in Nebraska's Third Congressional District, which I have the honor of 
representing.
  So congratulations to the towns of Davenport, Loomis, Diller, 
Petersburg, Bartlett, Lawrence and Arapahoe for showing the rest of the 
country how good Nebraska's good life can be.

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