[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 26 (Monday, February 12, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E324]
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                          TRIBUTE TO JIM MACK

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                           HON. PHIL ENGLISH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 12, 2007

  Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, the manufacturing sector 
plays a pivotal role in the economic success of the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania as well as that of the Nation. The pre-eminent association 
that represents the producers of U.S. advanced manufacturing technology 
equipment, promotes manufacturing equipment sales both at home and 
abroad, and tries to shape legislation important to the manufacturing 
community is AMT--the Association for Manufacturing Technology, led by 
its President, John B. Byrd III.
  For the past 32 years, the voice for AMT on Capitol Hill has been the 
tireless, knowledgeable, and ardent advocate for the association's 
legislative and regulatory goals, James H. Mack. Jim served AMT as the 
vice president for Government Relations for 27 years and most recently 
as vice president--Tax and Economic Policy. He has also been an 
important aide to former Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogilvie and 
public affairs manager for Illinois Tool Works in Chicago.
  After earning his undergraduate and law degrees from the University 
of Wisconsin, Jim demonstrated a life-long commitment to the 
manufacturing technology industry and its employees--providers of the 
vital equipment that has made our Nation the manufacturing leader in 
the world.
  As Jim retires from this phase of his career, I wish to acknowledge 
the achievements of a man so many of us know and admire. Lest he be 
considered merely a master of the Tax Code wearing a smile that always 
includes a pipe, let me add that I know him to be trustworthy, an 
honest broker, and all around decent and caring individual.
  Hats off and continued success to a great American, Jim Mack.

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