[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16351]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS PROGRAM

  (Mr. BARTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTON. Mr. Speaker, this week the White House Fellows 
Association is honoring the 50th anniversary of the creation of the 
White House Fellows Program, established by President Lyndon Johnson 
back in 1964.
  Since its inception, there have been 738 young men and young women 
who have served the President and the Vice President of the United 
States and the Cabinet officers in various capacities in all the 
Federal agencies.
  Mr. Speaker, I was honored in 1981 to be selected in the first class 
of President Reagan's White House Fellows Program. I served with the 
former Governor of South Carolina, James B. Edwards, the Secretary of 
Energy, in the Department of Energy.
  Mr. Speaker, this is an excellent program open to all young Americans 
early in their careers who want to spend some time in Washington and 
then go back to their former careers with a better understanding of how 
our Federal Government works.
  Mr. Speaker, I have introduced H. Con. Res. 82 to recognize the White 
House fellows and their many contributions to our country. I urge 
Members to support this resolution if and when it comes to the floor.

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