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| https://horn.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-horn-wishes-girl-scouts-happy-107th-birthday | Congresswoman Horn wishes Girl Scouts a happy 107th birthday | 2019-03-12 | 2019 | 2019-03 | Democrat | House | OK | Kendra Horn | H001083 | horn.house.gov | legacy | WASHGINTON, DC As a fourth-generation Girl Scout, Congresswoman Kendra Horn honored the organization from the House floor on March 12, the Girl Scouts' 107th birthday. Her address is listed in part below. See the full speech on C-SPAN here. "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Girl Scouts of the United States. As it celebrates its 107th birthday today. On this day in 1912, Juliette Gordon Lowe founded this organization for in her worlds, the girls of Savannah and all America and of the world. As you might be able to tell from the pictures next to me, Girl Scouts holds a very special place in my life. "Girl Scouts prepares girls to empower themselves, promotes compassion, courage, confidence, character, leader, entrepreneurship, and active citizenship. My life has been shaped as have many other girls and women throughout this country in large part by the lessons I learned through scouting. From my great grandmother to my grandmother to my mother, to myself, Girl Scouts and the values that they taught me and the strengths that Girl Scouts helped me to achieve have helped carry me through life. "For more than a century the Girl Scouts have taught girls to be go-getters, innovators, risk takers, and leaders. And today with a record number of women serving in the U.S. Congress, there are also a record number of Girl Scouts. 58% of the women in the U.S. House of Representatives are Girl Scouts. And 73% of female U.S. Senators are Girl Scouts. And though there are hundreds of girl scout alums in both houses of Congress, there are three of us who earned scouting highest honor, myself, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, and senator Tammy Duckworth. This award, the gold award, is given to high schoolers after they identify an issue in their community, investigate it, build a team, build a plan, and implement it." | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |