[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 950-951]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING McKAY HATCH'S NO CUSSING EFFORTS

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 26, 2011

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker it is with great pleasure that I rise today 
to honor McKay Hatch, founder of The No Cussing Club.
  During middle school, McKay grew tired of the constant stream of 
obscene and cruel language from his peers that lowered their self-
esteem. He courageously asked his classmates to not cuss around him. 
His peers accepted the challenge and stopped cussing and thanked him 
for his leadership efforts.
  Encouraged by his peers' support for his efforts, McKay founded the 
No Cussing Club at South Pasadena Middle School. Club members take the 
No Cussing Challenge, which is a commitment to use better language. The 
commitment not only improves their lives but also the world around them 
by using empowering, instead of deflating, language. Through the club 
motto of ``Leave People Better Than You Found Them,'' members seek out 
opportunities to lift people up through their words and actions.
  In high school, McKay formed a No Cussing Club during his freshman 
year and it soon had

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over 100 active members. The club dedicated itself to spreading its 
message and adding members in all 50 states. Today the No Cussing Club 
has over 50,000 members, in all 50 states and 30 different countries.
  McKay and the No Cussing Club have also worked with local and state 
leaders to designate local and state cuss free weeks. In 2008, the city 
of South Pasadena declared the first week of March and all subsequent 
first weeks of March as No Cussing Week. In 2009, the Los Angeles 
County Board of Supervisors adopted a similar proclamation and in 2010 
the California legislature adopted a resolution declaring the first 
week of March to be No Cussing Week. The local and state-wide No 
Cussing Weeks serve as a reminder to both public officials and private 
citizens to be more civil toward one another and to elevate the level 
of discourse in both public and private life.
  McKay now travels regularly to spread his message of using clean and 
respectful language that is uplifting, encouraging, and motivating to 
students all over the country. He has recently expanded his efforts to 
encourage an end to bullying, which includes reducing the use of 
negative and discouraging language.
  I ask all Members to join me in honoring the inspiring work of McKay 
Hatch.

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