[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14828]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO MS. FAYE STEVENS-JETT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Davis) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to one of 
my constituents who's spent a great deal of her life bringing joy, 
happiness, and direction into the lives of others. I come today to pay 
tribute to Ms. Faye Stevens-Jett and the Up2Us organization that is in 
town this week.
  Athletics has been and continues to be a road to success and a better 
life for thousands and thousands of people. For many of them, it has 
been because they had a coach, a mentor, or a friend with whom they 
connected and formed lasting friendships and relationships in their 
athletic endeavors.
  One such coach has been Ms. Faye Stevens-Jett, a physical education 
teacher and athletic director at the Morton School of Excellence in 
Chicago, Illinois, located in my congressional district. Ms. Stevens-
Jett is a single mother of two boys, and yet finds time to be engaged 
with a large number of other young people through her coaching of 
double Dutch, cheerleading, and pom-pom teams.
  Ms. Stevens-Jett has been selected by Up2Us as a coach of the year. 
Up2Us is an organization that supports programs that use sports to 
address critical issues facing youth in America. It also helps to 
address serious health issues such as obesity and other childhood 
illnesses and diseases.
  Ms. Jett is a member of my congressional district, and I take this 
opportunity to commend and congratulate her and Up2Us for their 
outstanding work.
  I also urge support to increase physical fitness as a part of our 
everyday lives. It is up to us.

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