[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11001]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             CONGRATULATING ANDREW ARSHT AND ANDREW MARKOFF

  (Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, on April 1 of this year, Georgetown 
University seniors, Andrew Arsht--who happens to be a Utahan in my 
district--and Andrew Markoff won the 68th National Debate Tournament 
for the second time in 3 years.
  As sophomores and seniors, they were the national citizenship team. 
As juniors, they were in the final four, which means they are the only 
team in the history to accomplish these standards each year.
  There have been 286 colleges who have competed at this tournament 
since 1947. Only eight of those colleges have actually won more 
championships than these two guys by themselves.
  They are the only team to have won two national championships and the 
Copeland Award for the best yearlong performance. Arsht was also named 
as the top individual speaker at the tournament.
  I congratulate these two debaters, as well as congratulations to 
Jonathan Paul, who is the director of debate at Georgetown University.

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