[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 23, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S2995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      IN RECOGNITION OF DAN TERRY

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I today honor of Dan Terry, who 
will be retiring this May after 31 years of service as president of the 
California Professional Firefighters, CPF, a statewide organization 
representing more than 30,000 career firefighters in over 150 
affiliated local unions.
  America's firefighters are the heroes of our times. We know that they 
are always going to be there protecting us through any challenge.
  For more than three decades, as firefighters have protected us, Dan 
Terry has been protecting them. He has fought for safer working 
conditions and worked to increase firefighter education, training, and 
staffing.
  Thanks largely to his extraordinary efforts, California firefighters 
are now covered by statewide legislation that guarantees binding 
interest arbitration, enhanced retirement benefits, survivor benefits, 
and firefighter illness presumption laws. Dan Terry has also fought to 
protect firefighters' right to earn overtime pay as well as disability 
and workers' compensation benefits.
  A retired fire captain with more than 20 years of service on the 
front lines, Dan Terry was elected CPF president in May 1973. After 31 
years in office, he remains passionate and dedicated to the cause of 
improving the lives of California firefighters and their families. Even 
after leaving the presidency of CPF, he will remain active in the 
organization and in the service of California families and the 
courageous firefighters who protect them every day.
  On behalf of the people of California, I express our profound 
gratitude and admiration to Dan Terry for his outstanding service to 
our State.

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