[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1847]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MONAHANS, TEXAS

  (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to talk about the 23rd District in 1 
minute--23 in 1 today. I want to talk about Monahans, Texas, the home 
of the Loboes.
  Monahans High School is known not only for their athletic programs, 
with several State championships in women's volleyball, for example, 
but also on the academic side as the host of one of the preeminent--one 
of the biggest--speech and debate tournaments in west Texas.
  Monahans is in Ward County in the Permian Basin, located off of I-20. 
The economy is booming with high-paying jobs and with an active, full 
service Chamber of Commerce--one of the more active in the region. If 
you are looking for recreation, the Monahans Sandhills State Park has 
sand dunes that are 70-feet high, with sand boarding, sand football, 
sand surfing, sand tobogganing, hiking, and even horseback riding.
  If you go there in the spring, for example, the Rattlesnake Army 
Airbase will be a new museum. It was one of the largest bomber training 
bases of World War II, and it was the temporary home of the Enola Gay, 
which dropped the atomic bomb on Japan in World War II. It is scheduled 
to open in March.
  Nearly 24 percent of Texas is in one district, in the 23rd District. 
It is an incredible stretch. I am so proud to have the opportunity to 
represent Monahans, Texas, in Ward County.

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