[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                            LAS VEGAS NIGHT

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to invite all of my colleagues 
to join me tonight in the Cannon Caucus Room to celebrate Las Vegas 
Night.
  We will have food and drinks and music and casino games, and it just 
promises to be a good time. This is what is happening only in District 
One. It is my pleasure to welcome and thank the Las Vegas Chamber of 
Commerce for hosting this event. It is going to be just a great 
evening, and I hope you will all join us.
  Las Vegas is back. Our economy was hard hit by the recession, but now 
we are doing so much better. We had 315,000 tourists just over Labor 
Day weekend. We will welcome over 42 million tourists and business 
travelers this year, and that includes 8 million foreign visitors. That 
supports 366,000 jobs. I tip my hat to those workers in the tourism 
industry who have helped us make it through.
  Please join me tonight, and remember that what happens on Vegas Night 
stays on Vegas Night.

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