Chris Pappas: “Mr. Speaker, as a Member from central New Jersey, I frequently get visits from students in my district. It is about a…”

“Mr. Speaker, as a Member from central New Jersey, I frequently get visits from students in my district. It is about a 4-hour drive by car or bus, and I have been amazed at the number of students that have visited me here. But while I am home in New Jersey, I spend an awful lot of time visiting schools and speaking to students, all age categories, and I try to challenge them and ask them the question, where do they see themselves in 5 years, in 10 years, in 15 years, and try to make them realize that the choices they make now in grammar school, in middle school, and high school have a tremendous effect upon where they are going to be 5, 10, 15 years from now. We all need to challenge them.”