[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H4336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HARLEY-DAVIDSON CELEBRATES 95TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. NEUMANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUMANN. Mr. Speaker, the Harley-Davidson Company is gearing up 
for its 95th anniversary celebration, and I would like to take this 
opportunity to express my admiration for this outstanding Wisconsin 
company. Great Wisconsinites, like Green Bay Packer Coach Mike 
Holmgren, drive Harley bikes; I believe the coach has been seen around 
the State in a Heritage Softail.
  Harley Davidson is a company that I have long admired for its 
commitment to quality, its dedication to treating both customers and 
employees like the valuable commodities they are. I believe for this 
reason that Harley Davidson inspires a loyalty that we see too rarely 
in American-made products in this day and age. The company has come a 
long ways from its humble beginnings in 1903, but it has never lost its 
vision of the American dream, and continues to excel in both domestic 
and international marketplaces.
  Harley-Davidson is also a major contributor to the welfare of 
communities it is a part of. For example, Harley is a Wisconsin sponsor 
of the Tour de Cure an annual bike ride for American Diabetic 
Association. The company also contributes a portion of its corporate 
earnings each year for the Harley-Davidson Foundation which oversees 
charitable donation of groups like Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
  For this reason, I want to be among those who are standing up saying, 
``Happy Birthday, Harley-Davidson, and keep up the good work.''

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