[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9191]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE YOUTH TOUR

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
more than 1,500 youth from across America visiting our Nation's capital 
this week to participate in the 48th annual Electric Cooperative Youth 
Tour. These high school juniors and seniors are attending meetings with 
their Senators and Representatives, watching floor action from the 
respective galleries, and visiting museums and memorials dedicated to 
our country's rich past.
  I personally look forward to meeting with the 18 participating 
students from Nebraska and urge my colleagues to take time this week to 
meet with youth from their States as well. These students are part of a 
great tradition. Every June, for the past 48 years, more than 50,000 
young citizens and future leaders have come to Washington, D.C., with 
the help of their electric cooperatives. Electric Cooperative Youth 
Tour alumni are now engaged at many levels of government as well.
  I want to once again applaud these young people and thank 
participating electric cooperatives and rural electric associations for 
sponsoring these programs to instill lessons of citizenship in the next 
generation.

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