[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9538]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        RECOGNITION OF RIO VISTA HIGH SCHOOL AP GOVERNMENT CLASS

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                          HON. JOHN GARAMENDI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 5, 2014

  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the people of California's 
3rd Congressional District, I want to congratulate the AP Government 
students and their teacher Mr. Paul Heaney at Rio Vista High School for 
completing a class report on three major policy issues: welfare reform, 
health care, and unequal access to education.
  The students, Victor Aguilera, Frederick Alvarez, Jamie Moe, Dylan 
Coito, Alexandra Correia, Hannah Cronin, Christina Curiel, Eric Del 
Aguila, Diana Elisea, Tyler Gomes, Jonathon Heaney, Alexis Johnson, 
Rebekah Kinser, Chace Marlowe, Alexa Martinez, Melanie Oakes, Lily 
Roberts, Christina Rutledge, Alyssa Schneider, Caroline Schulz, 
Kimberly Scneder, Maria Silva, Brady Swing, Dora Uribe, Raven Vance, 
Elizabeth Ventura, Antonio Wright, and Emily Zepeda demonstrated hard 
work in this inspiring program. Education is about developing knowledge 
and critical thinking skills. These students are civically engaged, 
reaching their lawmakers with policy recommendations on key issues 
facing our nation.
  I was honored to learn more about their recommendations during a 
class visit on Tuesday, May 28. They engaged in a robust debate and 
succeeded in finding compromise on complex issues.
  Their willingness to work together in good faith and to build 
consensus is laudable and a lesson for us all.

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