[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5277-5278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ATTENDING UNITED STATES SERVICE 
                               ACADEMIES

  (Mr. COLLINS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 11 
young men and women from the Ninth District of Georgia who have the 
honor of attending one of our four United States service academies next 
fall.
  The United States service academies provide an outstanding 
opportunity for motivated young people to receive a fine education 
while gaining the skills necessary to serve their country as 
professional officers.
  I take this time to congratulate each one of these individuals for 
their tremendous accomplishment.
  Jacob Heydinger, Jacob Shewbert, Tiffany Haddock, and Cory Campbell 
will be attending the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado 
Springs, Colorado.
  Matthew McClelland will be attending the United States Naval Academy 
in Annapolis, Maryland.
  Sawyer Madsen, Gino Saponari, and Jonathan Olson will be attending 
the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.
  John Gallagher will be attending the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy in Kings Point, New York.

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  Austin Pierce and Garrett Sellers will be attending the United States 
Naval Preparatory School on Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.
  I rise today to acknowledge these outstanding young people for not 
only their accomplishments today for being selected, but for the impact 
they will have on our communities for tomorrow.
  I would also like to take just a moment as well to thank one of our 
interns who will be leaving us next week, Kip O'kelley, for his hard 
work in not only preparing this 1-minute, but also for all of the hard 
work that he has done in our office. And we look forward to seeing him 
back in the District.

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