Al Green: “This last week, last Monday on Veterans' Day, our holiday, I had a chance to go to one of our middle schools in my…”

“This last week, last Monday on Veterans' Day, our holiday, I had a chance to go to one of our middle schools in my district, Burbank Middle School, and I rise to congratulate a young Burbank Middle School constituent, Cynthia Plascencia, for winning the Burbank Middle School essay contest on why tobacco is not for her. This contest is sponsored by the Texas Department of Health; and it is called A Week Without Tobacco or, in Spanish, Semana Sin Tobacco. I would like to submit a copy of Cynthia's essay for the Record. Cynthia's essay gets to the real reasons why she does not smoke and why she does not want to let anything come between her and her dreams.”