JOBS AND ALSO INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES. I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES. THE GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA. I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. I RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 293, WHICH SUPPORTS THE GOALS AND IDEALS HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK. WOY LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, MS. SHEA-PORTER, FOR INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION AND BR BRINGING IT TO THE FLOOR TODAY. NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK HAS BEEN CELEBRATED SINCE 1974, WHEN PRESIDENT NIXON SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING THIS ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF VOLUNTEERISM. AS WE NOW CELEBRATE ANOTHER NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEATHER.COM, COMMUNITY SERVICE TAKES PLACE THROUGH EFFORTS THROUGH LARGE AND SMALL THROUGHOUT OUR GREAT COUNTRY. THIS WEEK IS INSPIRE BY EXAMPLE. AND COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND AGES INSPIRE OTHERS EVERY DAY THROUGH THEIR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMON CONCERNS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, COMMUNITIES, NATION AND WORLD.
