Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize two students in my district, Pennsylvania's 15th Congressional District, who have gone out of their way to better their communities recently. After reading about their work, I felt that they deserved this recognition. Richard Clark is a student at Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, Pennsylvania. Richard is an MBA student and decided to use a class project opportunity, assignment, as an opportunity to help the Keystone Regional Fire and Rescue Department. He helped the president of the fire department write an application, a grant application, that resulted in a $10,000 grant to benefit that organization and, certainly, the citizens, families, and communities that that emergency service organization serves. Before serving in Congress, I spent nearly 30 years as a State- certified volunteer firefighter. It was an honor to serve my community, and I know firsthand how big of a deal, how big of a difference those funds can make in a small-town company in a rural area. Dave Fulton, president of the fire company, said that the funds would be combined with support from the county to purchase a new radio system. Richard's professor, Dr. Leah Spangler offered high praise, saying: ``I'm just so happy to have a student who is so invested in an organization to really do this kind of work for them.…”