October 21, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 166 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING THE STUDENTS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE 
                             AND TECHNOLOGY

  (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 to recognize 
the students of the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and 
Technology in Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania.
  Recently, I had the pleasure of joining several students back in 
Centre County for a very special project that they are working on. It 
is called Heroscaping.
  The students are building a memorial at the Centre County Public 
Safety Training Center to honor first responders, particularly those 
who answered the call to serve when the World Trade Center was attacked 
on 9/11.
  The project was recently finished, and it was an honor to join them 
when I was back in my district to help lay pavers and meet many of the 
students involved. One of the students was just 3 months old when the 
planes crashed into the Twin Towers. The others had not been born yet.
  That is why projects like these are so important--to honor the men 
and women who rose to the occasion to protect our Nation and to ensure 
that the younger generations never forget their sacrifices.

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