[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12167]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING NATHALIE McCRATE, CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION WINNER

  (Mr. KLEIN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. KLEIN of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 
Nathalie McCrate on winning the Congressional Art Competition for 
Florida's 22nd Congressional District. Nathalie is a tenth grader at 
Jupiter High School, and her winning art work titled ``The Brink'' puts 
viewers on the edge of a forest looking out at urban sprawl. The 
contrast between the natural and the man-made is sharp in Nathalie's 
work, and she has a great future ahead as an artist.
  Madam Speaker, as you know, the Congressional Art Competition is in 
its 27th year. This tradition brings together the work of young artists 
from all over the United States to hang in the United States Capitol. 
And I'm proud that Nathalie's will be among them.
  I congratulate Nathalie, her parents and teachers, and all of our 
students for all that she has accomplished.

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