House Proceeding 04-05-06 on Apr 5th, 2006 :: 1:01:59 to 1:05:29
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Speech By: Mark R. Kennedy

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Mark R. Kennedy: i rise tide in special tribute to sergeant keith matt mopen. an army reservist from batavia, ohio, in my congressional district who has been missing, captured in iraq since april 9, 2004, two

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Mark R. Kennedy: years ago this sunday. matt's convoy came under attack by iraqi insurgents and he has been missing ever since. matt went to iraq because he believed in the freedom of the iraqi people and to

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Mark R. Kennedy: make america a safer place. we are proud of him and his enormous commitment to the ideals of freedom and democracy. i also represent matt's parents, keith and carolyn. keith is a set ran and matt's

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Mark R. Kennedy: brother is a marine. they are a tremendous family and are an extraordinary example to all of us. to support all families of the many brave service members in harm's way, keith and carolyn lead a nonprofit

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Mark R. Kennedy: organization called the yellow ribbon support network, offering moral support, helping to raise morale, and coordinating communication among families the network has literally sent thousands of packages

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Mark R. Kennedy: to the military personnel overseas. as i am speaking here tonight, they are working back in east gate, ohio, assembling packages for those brave men and women. on this second anniversary we honor

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Mark R. Kennedy: matt mopen. keith and carolyn mopen, mica mopen, and the entire mopen family and offer our prayers for matt's safe return home. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has

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Mark R. Kennedy: expired. mr. miller of california. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. ryan: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without

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Mark R. Kennedy: objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. ryan: thank you, mr. speaker. as mr. kucinich said earlier we are continuing our delphi e-hearing here which we are going to

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Mark R. Kennedy: share with the house of representatives and the american people stories that have come from families who are being affected by the shakeup in the auto industry in the united states of america.

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Mark R. Kennedy: i come from a district in northeast ohio, youngstown, akron, warren, home of the original packard card, the original packard electric company. i would like to share a few stories and make a few comments,

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Mark R. Kennedy: mr. speaker, because today not only do we have a concentration of delphi employees in my district, today the local general motors plant that has been in lordstown, ohio, since the late 1960's,

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Mark R. Kennedy: there was an announcement that 1,200 third shift employees would no longer be working at that facility and it is tragic news for many, many families. so we want to bring attention to

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Mark R. Kennedy: the united states congress and to the american people about the communities that are being affected and how the policies here under the big dome aren't exactly addressing the needs. let me

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Betty McCollum: share with you, mr. speaker, a couple stories from back home. first of all, this is a letter, first of all thank you for letting me voice my opinion. i hope someone will actually read this. i

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Speech By: Betty McCollum

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Betty McCollum: was hired in a g.m. -- into g.m. lordstown in january of 1971 with a negotiated promise if i came to work for general motors i could retire after 30 years of service. it was always said