[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 87 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H6543-H6544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           COMMENDING HODGDON YACHTS OF EAST BOOTHBAY, MAINE

  (Ms. PINGREE of Maine asked and was given permission to revise and 
extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PINGREE of Maine. Madam Speaker, I want to talk to you this 
morning about Hodgdon Yachts of East Boothbay, Maine. Hodgdon Brothers 
opened for business in 1816 and is the oldest continually operated 
shipyard in the United States. Tim Hodgdon is a fifth-generation boat 
builder, continuing a long and proud tradition.

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  Hodgdon has taken Maine's tradition of world-class craftsmanship and 
combined it with new technology and advances in composites to build 
their business and create good paying, sustainable jobs in our State.
  For example, in the small town of Richmond, Maine, Hodgdon has 
created a facility to build boat interiors. Between 60 and 70 new jobs 
have been created there in the last 6 months alone, and Hodgdon 
believes they can double the size of that operation in the next year.
  And just this week, Hodgdon was given a Maine Technology Institute 
grant for nearly $4 million to take the first steps towards building a 
30,000-square-foot facility that would create hundreds of more jobs 
building high-speed patrol boats of the future.
  Hodgdon Yachts is just one example of the innovative companies doing 
business in Maine, aggressively using new technology to create good, 
quality jobs that can't be exported.

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