Pete Sessions: “Eagle Scout Jim Bridenstine, Member of Congress from Oklahoma, Eagle Class 1991, thank you very much. The Scouting…”

“Eagle Scout Jim Bridenstine, Member of Congress from Oklahoma, Eagle Class 1991, thank you very much. The Scouting stories of leadership, of character, and of opportunity began in my life with my father, who was an Eagle Scout. His father, Dr. Will A. Sessions, in 1947 wrote the original God and Country Award Handbook. I wanted to be an Eagle Scout because of my dad. I have two young sons: William Steele Sessions II, who is an Eagle Scout, age 27; and Alexander Gregory Sessions, a Down syndrome young man, an Eagle Scout, who is 23. Scouting is in our blood, we believe it, but it is also in family blood. Jim Bridenstine spoke about it, and Chris Collins spoke about the Eagle Class of `63. This other next young man who is here will talk about Scouting and what a difference it makes. I wish we had hours, Mr. Speaker, but the rules allow 1 hour. He is a young man from Pennsylvania, Eagle Scout Glenn ``GT'' Thompson. I had an opportunity to go to Pennsylvania with the Chief Scout Executive and give GT Thompson his National and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and pin him. Glenn's wife is a Scouting widow. She is proud of her Eagle Scout sons, but she knows that the weekends are made for Scouting. GT Thompson is a man who will be with me again at the Summit Bechtel Reserve this year for the Scouting Jamboree. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson).”