| Honoring The Adamsville Junior-Senior High School Band |
February 21, 2012 |
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Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
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"Mr. Speaker, music is in the very heart and soul of the Tennessee 7th. We rise and sleep to rhythms played by our neighbors that are heard throughout the world. Simply put, musical excellence is commonplace in our corner of the country, but from time to time, remarkable sounds come along. I rise today to honor one such group of remarkable sound, the Adamsville Junior-Senior High School Band."
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| Domestic Energy |
May 5, 2009 |
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Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
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"So I join the gentleman from Illinois in being from a State, my State of Tennessee, that would be among the hardest hit by this new energy tax and by the efforts that are coming from the other side, indeed, their efforts to make energy more expensive. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle have conveniently forgotten how quickly economic slowdowns follow escalating energy costs. They have forgotten how dramatically high gas prices impacted family budgets last summer. They look upon the increased use of mass transit in the wake of those energy costs as a positive development, forgetting that in many rural districts like mine in Tennessee there is no mass transit, there is no bus service that goes from Waynesboro to Adamsville to Selmer. There is no mass transit in these rural communities. And in picking winners and losers—which they do in this legislation; they pick lots of winners and decide who is going to be the losers—they are asking the American people in their bill to make a choice between very expensive energy or no energy at all. All their scheme will cap is American productivity and trade American jobs."
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| Honoring Scotts Hill Lions Club |
March 10, 2008 |
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Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
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"The Scotts Hill Lions Club was chartered on March 30, 1948, due to the hard work and vision of Scott Hill’s Mayor Erin Holland and Adamsville Lions’ Club member Farris Stafford. As a chartered member, the Scotts Hill Lions Club became part of Lions Club International, which is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 46,000 clubs in over 190 countries and approximately 1.4 million members."
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| Honoring Lisa Roten |
March 7, 2006 |
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Marsha Blackburn, R-TN
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"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor one of Tennessee’s exceptional teachers. Lisa Roten of Adamsville received the Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year Award for our state in 2005. Her award is accompanied by a $10,000 education grant for her school. I know that everyone at Adamsville Elementary School is thrilled for Lisa and proud of her achievement."
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| Additional Statements |
October 2, 2003 |
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Jeff Sessions, R-AL
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"Mr. President, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize a group of students in my home State of Alabama. In July, students from Adamsville Elementary in Adamsville, AL, traveled to San Francisco to present a portfolio at the seventh annual We the People: Project Citizen National Showcase. Middle school classes from 43 States submitted portfolios on issues ranging from drugs in schools to recycling. In each portfolio, students identified a problem, evaluated alternative solutions, proposed a class policy, and developed an action plan to implement their proposed policy. Portfolios were evaluated by State legislators, legislative staff, and educators from across the country. Scoring criteria for the portfolios included persuasiveness, practicality, coordination, and reflection. Portfolios were evaluated based on four levels of achievement: superior, exceptional, outstanding, and honorable mention."
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