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Girl Scouts of the USA Celebrate 100 Years

Girl Scouts Gold Award winner, Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Anna Maria Chavez, Girl Scouts CEO, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), Connie Lindsey, Girl Scouts of the USA National President and Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.)

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Md.), Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), Reps. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.), Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) all stopped by the Cannon Caucus Room Wednesday morning for a celebration commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts.

The event was part of a campaign to launch a bipartisan effort to foster leadership in girls and celebrate the Girl Scouts' centennial.

The female members of Congress who spoke shared their tales from when many were in the Girl Scouts themselves. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) joked that the girls today are lucky they can press on their badges—hers had to be sewn on.

"I also volunteered my mom to be cookie chairman," Edwards said.

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) talked about her struggles growing up Mexican without a lot of friends and how when her mother put her in Brownies, she instantly made friends. "I had a lot of fun showing them how to make things like enchiladas and tacos," she said. "And now, my sister and I are the only two sisters to serve in Congress ever."

After the event, the hundreds of Girl Scouts in attendance sang happy birthday to the Girl Scouts program and shared cake and cupcakes made from Girl Scout cookies.

Guests at the program each walked out with a box of Savannah Smiles cookies, a new lemon flavored confection from the Girl Scout cookie program.

— Report and photographs by Kate Oczypok

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks to over 100 Girl Scouts as Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) and other girl scouts look on

Minority Leader Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks as Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) looks on.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) gives advice

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) shares her thoughts.

Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) talked about encouraging her mom to be a troop leader.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's (R-Tex.) anecdotes were shared with the over 100 girls in attendance.

New Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chavez is welcomed by the crowd.

Girl Scouts President Connie Lindsey speaks.

Angie Cright and Deb Davis

Hailey Fretz, Blair Horth and Eleni Antzoulatos, all high school students and Girl Scouts

Spencer Swanson, 11, and Madison Hart, 10, junior Girl Scouts

Traci Barnett and Marilyn Midyette

Girl Scouts Gold Award winner accepts her reward.

Cutting the cake and cupcakes made from iconic Girl Scout cookies.

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