[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 3 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E46]
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       PORT JEFFERSON VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS' 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. TIMOTHY H. BISHOP

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 8, 2009

  Mr. BISHOP of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise today to join the Port 
Jefferson Volunteer Ambulance Corps in celebrating 50 years of 
dedicated service to our community. An historical shipbuilding town 
renamed in honor of our third President, Port Jefferson is now a 
thriving village of nearly 8,000 residents, growing in the summer with 
the arrival of tourists from Connecticut on the Cross-Sound ferry.
  In the fifty years of its existence, the Port Jefferson Volunteer 
Ambulance Corps has expanded to meet the growing needs of the wider 
community, including the villages of Belle Terre and Mt. Sinai. 
Starting with a single ambulance, the Corps now operates three 
ambulances and a first-responder car, with 120 volunteers ready to 
answer the call 24 hours a day.
  Madam Speaker, ambulance volunteers embody the best aspects of the 
American spirit and play a vital role in keeping our communities safe 
and healthy. I am proud to represent the membership of the Port 
Jefferson Volunteer Ambulance Corps and to join them in marking fifty 
years of service to their neighbors. I wish them the best as they 
continue their important, frequently life-saving mission.

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