[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16165]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO GUOWEI QI

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 7, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Guowei Qi, a senior at Valley High School in West Des 
Moines, Iowa, for earning a perfect score on his American College 
Testing (ACT) examination.
  Guowei is one of only 2,235 students out of 2.1 million 2017 high 
school test-takers who earned this very rare honor. He was one of five 
students in his Valley High School class to earn the top composite 
score of 36, a milestone that had never before been reached in the 
school's history. Guowei was able to accomplish this impressive feat 
while still remaining active in a number of extracurricular activities, 
including: Science Bowl, Valley High School honors program, 
concertmaster of the Valley High School Chamber Orchestra, volunteering 
at Iowa Lutheran Hospital, and organizing ``Blank Tales,'' a non-profit 
publication by Valley High School students to raise awareness of 
homelessness in the Des Moines area.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Guowei for his hard-work, dedication, and 
commitment to excellence. I ask that my colleagues in the United States 
House of Representatives join me in congratulating him and in wishing 
him nothing but continued success.

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