[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 26 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E284]
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                 TRIBUTE TO MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO.

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                          HON. MELISSA A. HART

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 3, 2004

  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate Mine Safety Appliances Co. and their Modular Integrated 
Communications Helmet/Advanced Combat Helmet for being recognized by 
the U.S. Army's Materiel Command Unit for ``one of the Greatest 
Inventions of 2002.''
  The Modular Integrated Communications Helmet/Advanced Combat Helmet 
has been credited with saving the lives of many soldiers in Afghanistan 
and Iraq. It provides the soldier with protection from 9mm handgun 
rounds and fragmentation in any environment and allows maximum sensory 
awareness for the user. Further, it allows for night-vision devices to 
be integrated with respiratory protective equipment. According to Mine 
Safety Appliance Co., the helmet provides maximum balance, stability 
and comfort, while providing the proper size, fit and ventilation.
  I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in 
commemorating this valuable invention. Mine Safety Appliance Co. and 
their helmet have not only improved the lives of soldiers on the battle 
front but also the lives of the men and women on the home front in 
Western Pennsylvania.

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