[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13235-13236]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING FIREBALL RUN ADVENTURE RALLY'S VISIT TO CURWENSVILLE

  (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, I rise today in 
recognition of an event in Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional 
District--and across New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and 
Massachusetts--

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raising awareness for missing children across our Nation.
  Fireball Run is an 8-day, 2,000-mile road rally competition starting 
this Friday and running through Saturday, October 1. This Sunday, I 
will be joining the teams in Curwensville, located in Pennsylvania's 
Fifth Congressional District.
  While I have been told that the race itself is a lot of fun, what 
really impresses me about the Fireball Run is the effort made to raise 
awareness for missing children across the United States of America.
  Every driving team is assigned a child missing from their home area, 
in addition to being provided 1,000 missing child flyers to distribute 
along their 2,000-mile journey. Since the start of Fireball Run 10 
years ago, the campaign has aided in the recovery of 44 missing 
children.
  I commend everyone involved in Fireball Run for their selfless 
efforts in raising awareness for this important issue, and I wish them 
the best of luck and safety as their journey begins on Friday.

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