[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E456]
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     A TRIBUTE TO PHILLIP BURG FOR 2 MILLION MILES OF SAFE DRIVING

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 27, 2001

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
achievements of Phillip Burg, a resident of Apple Valley, California, 
located in the heart of the 40th district. Phillip, a truck driver with 
Roadway Express for over twenty years, recently drove his two millionth 
mile. To put this in perspective, the average car driver would have to 
travel around the world eighty times to equal this milestone. And 
Philip has driven that distance without a preventable accident.
  Driving two million miles is an achievement in and of itself. Not 
having a single accident during that trek is extraordinary. A driver 
can travel 999,999 miles without an accident, then break a mirror on 
the way back to the terminal, and the count starts again at zero. Few 
in the trucking industry have the longevity and dedication to reach 
this milestone.
  Sixty-one years old, Phillip has seen it all: America's giant cities 
and small towns, open plains and towering mountains, farms that seem to 
go on forever and city skylines lit up against the stars. He's driven 
in every kind of weather imaginable in order to get the job done. These 
days, Phillip hauls everyday goods to Fresno, California and back five 
times a week, an average of 2,400 miles a week.
  The men and women of our nation's trucking industry bring us the 
goods we use in our everyday lives. Be it toys for children, cups for 
the dinner table, or frames for pictures of loved ones, America's 
truckers bring it to you. ``If you use it, we hauled it'' is a motto of 
truckers, and it couldn't be more true. Simply stated, Phillip and his 
colleagues keep America running.
  I applaud Phillip's dedication to his profession and his commitment 
to safety. I know I join his colleagues, his wife Melody, and his three 
children in congratulating him for his record of success.

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