[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6210]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                            PETSMART PROMISE

  (Mr. SCHWEIKERT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, this is actually one of those moments 
when you get to stand in front of the House with sort of a happy story. 
There's an organization out there called Family Promise. They are in 41 
States with, I believe, about 160,000 volunteers, and they've had an 
issue for years now. They bring in homeless families, but often those 
homeless families would have a pet, a furry family member.
  Just this week, PetSmart set up PetSmart Promise. I actually got to 
see this firsthand in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they actually are 
taking care of that furry friend of that homeless family that needs to 
get their life back in order. So PetSmart gets a real call out from us. 
Family Promise is doing amazing things, and this is just one of those 
moments where you're very proud of a corporate entity like this, 
stepping up and working with Family Promise to help homeless families 
around the country.

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