[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7292]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    DISTINGUISHED EAGLE SCOUT AWARD

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this evening I will have 
the honor and the privilege of presenting the national Eagle Scout 
Association's Distinguished Eagle Scout Award to Mr. John Graham, 
president and CEO of the American Society of Association Executives.
  The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award was established in 1969 to 
acknowledge Eagle Scouts who have received extraordinary national-level 
recognition or eminence within their field and have a strong record of 
voluntary service to the community.
  Mr. Speaker, of the over 100 million Scouting alumni over the last 
century, less than 4 percent attain the rank of Eagle, and of these 
Eagles, only 1 in 1,000 will be awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout 
honor. Renowned Distinguished Eagle Scouts include the president of the 
Boy Scouts of America, Secretary Bob Gates, Supreme Court Justice 
Stephen Breyer, President Gerald Ford, astronaut Neil Armstrong, and 
director Steven Spielberg.
  As a fellow Distinguished Eagle Scout, I ask my colleagues to join me 
in congratulating Mr. John Graham on receiving this prestigious award.

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