[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 68 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H2284-H2285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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       INTRODUCTION OF BILL SHUSTER, NEW MEMBER FROM PENNSYLVANIA

  (Mr. GEKAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor and extreme privilege to 
introduce the newest Member of the House to its Members here. He 
succeeds an individual who has become anonymous and who is little known 
in this Chamber but, despite that, we will present him with the 
distinction that he carries a name that has been a part of our 
traditions for many, many years. He is, of course, the son of Bud 
Shuster.
  Beyond that, he, as an individual, was elected in the heart of 
Pennsylvania, was born and raised in that area, in Hollidaysburg, where 
he went to school and became a star athlete in three varsity sports, 
and who then went to Dickinson College. And by the way, what that does 
is double the number of Dickinson College graduates of this body in the 
Dickinson College Caucus, which I chair. Then he went and received a 
master's degree from American University. All the way up, he worked as 
a farm laborer, as a construction worker, in various businesses, until, 
at the time of his election, he was an entrepreneur in the automobile 
business.
  His two children, who are with him, Ali, age 13, and Garrett, who is 
nine,

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are with him, as is the mother of the children, Rebecca, and a whole 
host of Shuster family and supporters. He is ready to tackle the job. 
He has talked about nothing except his future service in the House of 
Representatives. He is eager to take his place among us. We are ready 
to hear him and to help him and to help him become a great Member of 
the House of Representatives. Bill Shuster.

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