[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 24727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRATULATING WESTON DEWOLFF, SOUTH CAROLINA'S JUNIOR DUCK STAMP 
                  DESIGN ``BEST OF SHOW'' AWARD WINNER

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                        HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR.

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 13, 2009

  Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to announce 
that the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2009, legislation that I sponsored with 
Congressmen Solomon Ortiz, has passed out of committee with unanimous 
consent.
  Also, I wanted to congratulate Weston DeWolff, a 15-year-old student 
at the Charleston County School of the Arts and winner of the Junior 
Duck Stamp Design Program's ``Best of Show'' award for the State of 
South Carolina, for his depiction of a male and female mallard duck.
  I congratulate Mr. DeWolff for his achievement and I am proud to 
support the extension of the Junior Duck Stamp Design program so as to 
ensure that other students, like him, will have the opportunity to 
participate in this contest in the future.
  Finally, in addition to applauding the unanimous passage of this 
essential conservation legislation, I want to congratulate Ducks 
Unlimited, the world's largest and most effective waterfowl 
conservation organization, for recently receiving a $1 million North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act grant.
  This money will ensure that Ducks Unlimited is able to continue their 
mission of protecting waterfowl habitats nationwide and will provide 
additional funds to protect and enhance over 8,000 acres of diverse 
wildlife habitat in both Charleston and Georgetown counties in the 
First District of South Carolina.

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