Please join me in honoring Judy Geller for her exemplary dedication and service to Valley Beth Shalom, to her family, and to our community.

I rise today to pay tribute to Shirley and Eric Mauer, recipients of the Rabbi Elijah J. And Penina Schochet Founders Award for Community Service.

The Talmud states that 'He who does charity and justice is as if he filled the whole world with kindness.'

Both natives of Montreal, Canada, Shirley and Eric have been married for 41 years.

In 1981, the Mauers bought the Boulevard School and transformed it into one of the most distinguished and academically enriched pre- schools in the San Fernando Valley.

Mrs. Haugh's commitment to quality care is a quintessential example of the kind of selfless dedication that millions of American nurses demonstrate every day.

This week is National Nurses' Week, and we should all pause to celebrate Mrs. Haugh and all America's nurses; the heroes of the best health care system in the world.

We should all be fortunate to have health care professionals of her caliber working in our hospital and medical centers.

I rise today to proudly salute a truly outstanding nurse from my district, Mrs. Patricia Haugh, who recently was presented with a Wisconsin Outstanding Nurses of the Year Award.

$4,986,500 of the authorized funding under this provision was provided for four communities in Lycoming County with regard to public sanitary sewer improvements.

I wanted to take a moment to clarify the intent of a provision included in the Committee Amendment passed unanimously by the House to Sections 502 and 517 of H.R. 1480.

This authorization provides these communities with the resources to comply with these important environmental goals and meet Lycoming County's objective of providing public sanitary sewer service at affordable rates.

These projects are important components in Lycoming County's compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Clean Water Action Regulations.

These provisions authorized $8 million for water related infrastructure in Lackawanna, Lycoming, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania including assistance for the Montoursville Regional Sewer Authority, Lycoming…

I rise to commemorate National Teacher Appreciation week by expressing my appreciation for the valuable work of America's teachers

These two bills send a strong signal to America's teachers that we in Congress are determined to encourage good people to enter and remain in the teaching profession.

I have also introduced the Teacher Tax Cut Act (HR 937) which provides every teacher in America with a $1,000 tax credit.

Training and certification of classroom teachers is the job of state governments, local school districts, educators, and parents; this vital function should not be usurped by federal bureaucrats and/or politicians.