[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11722]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            JOHN PAUL POWERS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Fleischmann) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Speaker, last week, an incredibly gifted young 
man from east Tennessee, John Paul Powers, displayed his talents here 
in Washington at the Kennedy Center as part of the National Youth 
Orchestra of the United States. The orchestra, created by Carnegie 
Hall's Weill Music Institute, brings together some of our Nation's most 
talented young musicians from across the country to work and study 
together and then to display their talents both here and abroad. In 
fact, they're scheduled to perform tonight in St. Petersburg. Their 
tour also includes performances in London, Moscow and New York.
  John Paul plays the tuba in his role with the orchestra, but that's 
not his only musical talent. His repertoire includes the bass, guitar, 
mandolin, banjo, and even a little dobro at times. While his musical 
range is wide, the tuba is his passion.
  I want to personally congratulate John Paul for achieving the 
distinct honor of being selected for the National Youth Orchestra. 
There is no doubt that the diligence, work ethic and passion he has 
shown will continue to benefit him in life. I would like to wish John 
Paul the best with his future studies and his dreams of one day 
professionally playing with an orchestra.

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