Barbara Kennelly: “Thank you all for joining us today. Our association was chartered by Congress, and one requirement of that charter is…”

“Thank you all for joining us today. Our association was chartered by Congress, and one requirement of that charter is for us to report once a year to Congress about our activities. Wait until you see how many activities that we have. Many of you have joined us for several years on this occasion, and there will be numerous programs and projects with which by now many of you have become very familiar. This is a sign of our association's stability and purpose. We are extremely proud of our 45-year history, of creating lasting and purposeful programs to teach about Congress and representative government, and of our ability to take longstanding projects and to expand them and to improve them. We will report on our program in just a minute. During our annual meeting today, we will honor two of our colleagues with well-deserved recognition. In a few minutes, we will celebrate Lou Frey's accomplishments with our Lifetime Achievement Award. And later today, during a luncheon in his honor, we will bestow the 2015 Distinguished Service Award to our dear friend, Amo Houghton. I certainly hope all of you in attendance and those coming later can join us for the luncheon since Amo has been an inspiration and a mentor to so many of us. While the ceremony is not going to take place right now, I do want to read into the Record the inscription of the plaque Amo Houghton will receive today: The 2015 Distinguished Service Award is presented by the U.S.…”