[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21161]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING BOY SCOUT TROOP 121

  (Mr. McCLINTOCK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, Boy Scout Troop 121 of Granite 
Bay, California, will conduct its 200th Eagle Scout Court of Honor and 
induct its 212th and 213th Eagle Scouts.
  During its 43 years of existence, Troop 121 has produced an entire 
generation of young men who have gone on to become upstanding family 
men, respected businessmen, and leaders of our community. And that's 
what I particularly want to salute today: the work of the Boy Scouts of 
America, as exemplified by Troop 121.
  The hiking and camping and outdoor activities might make Boy Scouting 
appealing and enjoyable, but what makes it admirable and elevated is 
not that it produces good campers, but that it produces good citizens. 
It inculcates timeless values and virtues that forge solid citizens who 
contribute far beyond their numbers to the strength and stability of 
our society.
  Troop 121 has done this for 43 years, and it is my pleasure and honor 
to commend them on their good work.

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