Political Quotes

“Most Americans watching these proceedings today are watching them on C-SPAN. C-SPAN is a public service that was created by the cable industry in 1979 to carry our House proceedings and other public affairs programming. It's carried in my district by DirecTV, Comcast, and the DISH Network. I won't bore you with all of the content that appears on C-SPAN. Some is very interesting and some is not. Nevertheless, every year C-SPAN holds a student documentary contest for middle school and high school students. Today, I am proud to announce that one of my constituents, a young man named Samuel Gladden, a 10th grade student at Miller Grove High School in Lithonia, received $250 for his honorable mention documentary: ``Education: The Greatest Common Factor,'' about how education is related to the economy. I also want to congratulate Mr. Zach Cohen, a seventh grade student at the Alfred & Adele Davis Academy in Sandy Springs, Georgia, who received $1,500 for the second prize, a documentary entitled: ``Education: Take a Spin,'' which is about education in the United States of America. He interviewed me for this piece, and I want to thank him for doing that. I want to congratulate both Zach and Samuel for winning these prizes out of nearly 2,000 entries. You can see these and other winning videos at studentcam.org. I would encourage everybody, once you finish watching C-SPAN, to go to studentcam.org.…”