[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 16 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       TRIBUTE TO DOYLE WILLIAMS

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                           HON. GEORGE MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 26, 1998

  Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to invite my 
colleagues to join me in recognizing Doyle Williams, retiring Business 
Manager and Financial Secretary of the Plumbers and Steamfitters' Local 
342.
  Doyle has long been an active and committed member of Local 342. 
Being initiated as an apprentice in May 1959, Doyle soon became a 
leader amongst his union brothers. Understanding the importance of a 
strong union organization to his community's many working men and 
women, Doyle undertook to position Local 342 as an integral member of 
Contra Costa County's labor movement. His personal involvement with the 
California State Pipe Trades Council, the Central Labor Council of 
Contra Costa County, the Contra Costa Building & Construction Trades 
Council and many other such organizations, has benefitted not only the 
members of his own union, but all of those working in the trades.
  I would like to personally thank Doyle for his activism in the area 
of public policy. On the numerous occasions that I have addressed the 
House on behalf of our country's working men and women--on such 
critical issues as the minimum wage, occupational safety, national 
trade policies, to name just a few--Doyle was always there to let me 
know that I spoke with the support of labor. His thoughts and counsel 
over the years have been invaluable to me, and it has been my honor to 
work with him.
  On behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives I would like to 
congratulate Doyle Williams and wish him a happy and healthy 
retirement.

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