[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6169-6170]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from West 
Virginia (Mr. Mooney) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Mr. Speaker, each spring, a nationwide 
high school visual arts competition is sponsored by the Congressional 
Institute and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Since the 
art competition was created in 1982, over 650,000 entries have been 
submitted.
  The Congressional Art Competition is an opportunity to recognize and 
encourage the artistic talent of our Nation's bright and talented 
youth. The winner of this prestigious award in each congressional 
district will have his or her artwork hung on display for 1 year in the 
Cannon Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol.
  I rise today to recognize the artistic ability of a young woman from 
the Second Congressional District in West Virginia--Kayla Barbazette 
from Capital High School in Charleston. Ms. Barbazette is the winner of 
the 2016 Second Congressional District of West Virginia's Congressional 
Art Competition.
  Congratulations, Kayla.
  Her entry, ``Human Water Basin,'' was chosen from dozens of 
outstanding entries this year.

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  The competition was open to all high school students in the Second 
Congressional District of West Virginia.
  Kayla is pictured here receiving her first place prize with West 
Virginia

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Cabinet Secretary Kay Goodwin of the Department of Education and the 
Arts.
  I thank all of the impressive artists for allowing us to celebrate 
their talents. I wish them all the best in their future endeavors.

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