[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 83 (Monday, May 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H4975-H4976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                       LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, Lions Clubs International 
is on Capitol Hill this week for their annual meetings with Members of 
Congress. I am a member of my hometown

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organization, the Howard Area Lion's Club, so I know firsthand the good 
that this club does around the world.
  Just a few years ago, during a Lion's Club reception at the Capitol 
Visitor Center, I spoke with a Lion named Jimmy Ross. Jimmy is a past 
president of Lions Club International, and he organized the Capitol 
Hill visit that year. He shared an idea to create a congressional 
caucus to highlight the work and the policies of nonprofit service 
organizations like Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, Optimist, and others, and I 
loved the idea.
  Together with Congressman   Jimmy Panetta of California, who is a 
Rotarian, we founded the Congressional Service Organization Caucus in 
2019. Tomorrow, the Congressional Service Organization Caucus will host 
its first briefing. Speakers from Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, and Optimist 
clubs will share how their members strive to make the world a better 
place one community at a time.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join the Congressional Service 
Organization Caucus to ensure that service to others remains a vital 
part of American life for generations to come.

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