[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 28, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H8537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PRATT & WHITNEY
(Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I join my other colleagues
from Arkansas, Maine, and Texas, who have stood here today in
recognition of Pratt & Whitney aircraft.
I am proud to say, however, that the headquarters for Pratt & Whitney
aircraft is in East Hartford, Connecticut, where we keep the eagle
flying.
My father, my mother, during the Second World War, my brother, all
worked at Pratt & Whitney aircraft. It continues to be not only the
arsenal for democracy for this great Nation of ours, but a center of
innovation and technology where we not only keep the eagle flying, but
we also provide opportunities for jobs well beyond these 90 years.
Pratt & Whitney alone, as a corporation, provides an education for
every single one of its employees and not only pays for that education,
it buys them the books and provides the time off to study so they can
continue to do what they have always done, build dependable engines and
be an excellent model of corporate behavior and continue to keep the
eagle flying both in this country and around the globe.
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