[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11005-11006]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            FAMILY, CAREER AND COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERICA

  (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, today, I introduced a 
bipartisan resolution with my friend and colleague from Rhode Island, 
Mr. Jim Langevin, to recognize the Family, Career and Community Leaders 
of America on their 70th anniversary.
  Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a national career 
and technical student organization that promotes personal growth, 
leadership development, and career preparation opportunities for 
students in family and consumer science education.
  Since the program was launched 70 years ago to this day, more than 10 
million students have participated and gained the knowledge, skills, 
and credentials needed to secure careers in growing, high-demand 
fields. I was pleased to welcome FCCL students from Forest County, 
Pennsylvania, today.
  Mr. Speaker, as co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Career and 
Technical Education Caucus, I ask my friends to get behind this 
bipartisan resolution to support the goals and ideals of Family, Career 
and Community Leaders of America.
  Now, more than ever, our young people need assurances that the skills 
they attain will lead to good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and 
career and technical education programming can make those assurances.

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