House Proceeding on Jan 21st, 2009 :: 1:31:15 to 1:51:15
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Speech By: Vernon J. Ehlers

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Vernon J. Ehlers: state of michigan, but from across this great nation. again, i thank the representative from california, ms. sanchez, for her work bringing this resolution forward today, and i also want to thank chairman george miller and senior republican buck mckeon's staff and especially chad miller for their input and assistance in bringing this resolution to

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Linda Sánchez: the floor in a timely manner. i urge my colleagues to su school counselors in this resolution, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i'm pleased to recognize the gentlewoman from the 39th district of california, ms. linda sanchez, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Speech By: Linda Sánchez

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Linda Sánchez: gentlewoman is recognized. ms. sanchez: i rise in strong support of house resolution 56 and express the support of school counseling week. i want to thank buck mckeon as well as vernon ehlers for their support in this very -- of this very important resolution.

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Linda Sánchez: the best counselors inspire young people to dream big. they help young people get on the road to accomplish their dreams. and when necessary they enlist the support of parents, teachers, mentors, tutors and anyone else that it takes in order to keep our children moving along that path to accomplishment. as i know from visiting schools

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Linda Sánchez: in my district, counselors, although there are far too few of them, play a critical role in students' success. unlike teachers who often only get to know teachers one semester at a time, counselors follow students throughout their many years at an elementary, middle or high school. they are adapted spotting long-term trends in student progress or behavior and

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Linda Sánchez: arranging the appropriate intervention or enrichment. they assist teachers in developing instructional and productional programs to help the -- to help meet the needs of particular students. i want to recognize all the dedicated counselors from my district who accomplish amazing things every day that they go to work.

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Linda Sánchez: lisa torres from cleveland elementary and brian kempra from artesia high school are two counselors that i've heard of. lisa and brian help their students believe in themselves and their reputations are well-known. they're secure in the knowledge that lisa and brian are looking out for their children's

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Linda Sánchez: academic achievement as well as their emotional well-being. i want to applaud the work of those dedicated like lisa and brian who are an integral part of the education team. i also hope that this year, as congress continues to address no child left behind and the role of our federal government in our local schools, that we can find a way to encourage schools to invest in counseling.

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Linda Sánchez: the nationwide average student to counselor ratio of 475 students to one is simply inadequate to provide students, teachers and parents with the counseling services that they need. just think of all the students who are considering dropping out, who need extra help from a literacy coach or who don't think that thecan pay for

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Linda Sánchez: college who could be reached if we simply had the counselors in

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Vernon J. Ehlers: those schools dedicated to those students. i urge my colleagues to support this resolution, and i yield back the balanc the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. ehlers: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ehlers: let me conclude by giving a personal example of why

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Speech By: Vernon J. Ehlers

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Vernon J. Ehlers: counseling is so important even though i was not counseled by a school counselor but it illustrates the importance. when i was a senior in high school i had no idea what i was going to do with my life or my career. i didn't even intend to go to college. fortunately my father persuaded me to do that. but i had no idea what i wanted to do.

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Vernon J. Ehlers: in that summer i ended up driving a truck and ended up sitting next to a person in a diner. he told me he was a mechanical engineer at ford motor company. he talked to me about what he did. and it sounded really interesting and it sounded like fun. so when i got to college i went to the registration line and at one point someone says, what is your major?

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Vernon J. Ehlers: i says, i don't know. i have no idea. they said, well, you have to declare a major. i said, well, i'm not sure. he said, well you have to pick something. oki'm going to be a mechanical engineer. and i found it amazing that based on a 10-minute conversation with a total stranger i decided what the rest of my life was going to be like.

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Vernon J. Ehlers: and that illustrates the important impact that a school counselor or for that matter a teacher can be in advising students what to do with their lives. as it so happens after one year as a mechanical engineering student my physics professor persuaded me to a physicist nevertheless. counseling is crucial.

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Vernon J. Ehlers: and counseling must be done and must be done well and professionally if we're going to provide a good service for the students of this nation. and because of that i'm pleased

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Rubén Hinojosa: to be a principal co-sponsor of i urge its adoption and i yield backhe bance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i'm very, very pleased to recognize mi amigo from texas, the gentleman from the 15th district of texas, who also serves as th

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Speech By: Rubén Hinojosa

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Rubén Hinojosa: chair of the house education and labor committee, subcommittee of higher education, mr. ruben hinojosa, for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hinojosa: madam speaker, i rise in strong support of house resolution 56, expressing support for national school counseling week. i thank congress

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Rubén Hinojosa: chizz of california and congressman vern ehlers michigan as well as congressman david lope sack for bringing this important resolution to congress. madam speaker, effect -- loebsack, for bringing this important resolution to congress. madam speaker, this resolution

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Rubén Hinojosa: achiev schools. school counselors work with the child, providing guidance and support for their academic, personal, social and career development. they can advise parets to invest in children's early reading plus writing equals

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Rubén Hinojosa: success in education programs. riff is a good example of li my district. for many first generational college students, the school counselor is their lifeline to information about preparing for, applying to and paying for

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Rubén Hinojosa: college. in many schools, the counselor's office is the safe haven where students can turn for help with college -- with challenges at home or at school. our best counselors see themselves as student advocates. unfortunately school counselors

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Rubén Hinojosa: are not always tre mission critical factuality or staff in our schools. they're often the first to be downsized in economic hard times. we can already see what's happening as local schools are forced to cut staff to make up for school budget shortfalls.

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Rubén Hinojosa: the american school counselor association recommends a student to school ratio of 250 to one. today the national average is 475-1. in my home state of texas, the ratio is 437-1.

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Rubén Hinojosa: and across the nation, only four states meet the target ratio. some states have ratios in the range of 1,000 students per counselors and we must do better than that. as we celebrate school counseling week, we should thank our school counselors for the work to prepare our next generation for success.

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Rubén Hinojosa: we should also acknowledge our national failure to provide adequate counseling for our students. most of all, we should also pledge to do something about it. i urge all my colleagues on both

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David Roe: sides of the aisle to support house resolution 56, supporting national school counseling week. madam speaker, thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i just want to thank mr. ehlers from michigan and all the other speakers on this particular

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Speech By: David Roe

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David Roe: resolution. it's a wonderful resolution. as someone that's introduced resolution designed to call for more resources to support what we're talking about here, i support this resolution and call on my colleagues to do the same and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to

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David Roe: house resolution 56 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is -- mr. loebsack: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not prent and i make a point of order that a quorum is not

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David Roe: present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman f9rom iowa rise? mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.res. 58. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 58, resolution commending the

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David Roe: university of florida gators for winning the bowl championships series national championship game. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from iowa, mr. loebsack, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. ehlers, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack: madam speaker. -- mr. ehlers: madam speaker.

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David Roe: the spear pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. ehlers: i ask unanimous consent that mr. stearns from florida control the time on this resolution. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the gentleman from florida is recognized. i'm sorry. the gentleman from iowa is recognized. mr. loebsack: thank you, madam speaker. i request five legislative days

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David Roe: during which members may revise and extend and insert extraneous material on h.res. 58 into the record. the speaker pro tempore: objection, so ordered. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i rise today to congratulate the university of florida football team for their victory in the 2009 ncaa fedex b.c.s. national

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David Roe: championship game. on january 8, football fans all across the country were treated to an exceptional game as the university of florida gators defeated the university of oklahoma sooners and clinched their third national defeating a tough oklahoma sooners team by a score of 24-14, the florida gators became the fourth -- the fourth straight second ranked team to defeat the number one team in

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David Roe: the nation in the b.c.s. national championship. the university of florida serves as a premiere academic institution and is now as an athletic powerhouse. the school has fielded 22 national championship teams with the last four coming from the me team this year's football team

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David Roe: finished the season with a 13-1 record matching the single season school record for wins. the outstanding players an coaches produced a great season winning numerous awards and praises throughout the country. i would also like to congratulate tim tebow, the game's most valuable player. he threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 109

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David Roe: yards. his 340 yards of total offense was the third betts -- best pass rush total in the history of b.c.s. history. he won the heisman trophy last year and is a leader for his team. and congratulations to percy harvin, one of the most electric and skilled athletes in america. harvin rushed for 122 yards and

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David Roe: caught five pass for 49 yards. this was quite a feat after returning to play from a devastating ankle injury last month. averaging 50 points per game, florida's defense held the university of oklahoma's offense to just 14 points. the hard work of the outstanding defense and coaching staff clearly paid off. and finally, i want to extend my

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David Roe: congratulations to head coach urban meyer. in only four years with the team, he has brought incredible success. meyer became the fifth coach since 1936 to win two national championships in his first four seasons as head coach. he is the 14th youngest head coach to win a pair of national titles since 1950.

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David Roe: . his commitment to this team have given him a fame and place in college football history. the extraordinary achievement of this team is a tribute to the skill and dedication of many players, coaches, students, alumni, families, and fans that have helped to make the university of florida a premiere football program. winning the national championship, finishing the

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David Roe: season with a 13-1 overall record, and leading the s.e.c. to another championship has brought national acclaim to the university of orida. i know the fans of the university will revel in this accomplishment as they look forward to the 2009 season, and they should. after all, tim tebow, an inspiration for fellow college athletes, will return for his

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David Roe: senior year in hopes of leading

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Cliff Stearns: his team to a fourth national championship. madam speaker, once again i congratulate the university of flor success. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida. mr. stearns: thank you, madam speaker. i request such time as i m consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. stearns: i thank the generous comments of m colleague from iowa.

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Speech By: Cliff Stearns

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Cliff Stearns: for his very comments. and particularly in light of the fact that now i have the great honor to represent the university of florida and i stand today with a great deal of humility because i have on this floor a couple times before obviously when they won the basketball championship, national championship twice.

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Cliff Stearns: national football championship, twice in three years. i'm very, very honored to represent the university and to ask my colleagues to consider this resolution. on the evening of january 8, the florida gator won the second b.c.s. national championship title, two in the

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Cliff Stearns: past three years, but my colleagues, they face add very tough opponent. -- faced a very tough opponent. the oklahoma sooners. i think we all know how powerful a foo that is. we had our star quarterback as mentioned by the gentleman from iowa, tim tebow, he led the way and the gators won the game 24-14.

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Cliff Stearns: the gators defense was able to hold oklahoma and the highest scoring team in modern football history to only 14 points 363 yards. this was 40 points and 199 yards below their season average. furthermore, my colleagues, florida's defense held the

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Cliff Stearns: sooner quarterback, and this is the same quarterback that was the heisman trophy winner, sam bradford, to the third lowest number of passing yards of the season -interception game since october. on offense as mentioned, florida quarterback tim tebow,

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Cliff Stearns: showed why he is the best dual threat quarterback in college football by finishing with 231 passing yards and 109 yards of rushing. the third highest ground tal by a quarterback in b.c.s. title game. mr. tebow is also just the fifth player since 1950 to win two national titles and the

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Cliff Stearns: heisman trophy winner. gator wide receiver and running back, percy harvin, was also instrumental in the gators' victory over the sooners by running nine times for 122 yards, catching five passes for 49 yards, and scoring a touchdown himself. together tebow and harvin made history by becoming the first

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Cliff Stearns: set of teammates to each rush for 100 yards for more in the same b.c.s. national championship game. but back-to-back basketball championships, 2006 and 2007, with national football titles in 1996, 2007, and 2009 it's clear why the city of gainesville is now called the city of champions.

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Cliff Stearns: while the university of florida clearly has an outstanding athletic program, i would be remiss today if i didn't mention a few of the university's notable academic accomplishments. the university of florida's one of the four largest states. and is also one of the largest

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Cliff Stearns: research u more than 150 research centers and institutes. it's been the recipient of hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants and is home to the world's largest citrus research center. u.f. is also currently partnering with spain to create the world's largest telescope.

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Cliff Stearns: and which will be located in the canary islands. the university's latest brand new, 0,000-square-foot resech center which will focus on treatment and cures for diabetes, cancer, and genetic research. now, notably the university of

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Cliff Stearns: florida contributes almost billion each year to florida's economy and is responsible for the creation of 75,000 jobs. finally, my colleagues, i'm proud to report the university of florida has been ranked fifth among all universities in the nation by kiplinger's magazine, "top 100 public school ledges."

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Cliff Stearns: with the university's 2005 incoming freshman class having an average of over 4.0 g.p.a., 1306 s.a.t. scores, u.f. is also proud to have a high number of scholar athletes on impressive. boasting an 8 9 success rate for all of its

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Cliff Stearns: athletes. so today, madam speaker, i'm pleased to congratulate coach urban myers and all the gator football players and coaches for their incredible accomplishments and for representing the university of florida and the state of florida with honor and integrity. it's been represent this fine university

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Cliff Stearns: in the representatives. i'd like to conclude by comm florida for being one of the premier athletic and academic institutions in the country and to thank all the gator fans, worldwide, for their long-standing support and pride in their team. i look forward to more exciting football and basketball

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Cliff Stearns: seasons, particularly football. go, gators. with that, request the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: you mr. stearns: reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack: madam speaker, i request -- i inquire of the gentleman from -- the speaker pro tempore: is the