[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 141 (Tuesday, September 29, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE WORK OF CRAIG WILLIAMS AND THE KENTUCKY ENVIRONMENTAL 
                               FOUNDATION

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 29, 2015

  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the work of Craig 
Williams and the Kentucky Environmental Foundation. Twenty-five years 
ago, the Foundation formed the Chemical Weapons Working Group. This 
group was made up of residents who were concerned about building 
chemical weapons incinerators at eight sites across the country and one 
island in the Pacific. The CWWG has worked hard over the years at the 
grassroots level to successfully advocate for federal legislation that 
mandated research and implementation of safer weapons disposal 
technologies that did not include incineration.
  The Chemical Weapons Working Group has done an excellent job of 
bringing people together from many different social and political 
persuasions and many different perspectives. These dedicated people 
have worked over the past twenty-five years to come to consensus on 
safe solutions for the disposal of U.S. chemical weapons. Currently, a 
non-incineration technology facility is under construction in the Sixth 
District of Kentucky. The project is being done with continued 
oversight by Mr. Craig Williams, as he also serves as the Host 
Community Liaison between local governments and the Pentagon.
  Mr. Williams is a founding member and past Director of the Kentucky 
Environmental Foundation. In addition to serving as Director of the 
Chemical Weapons Working Group, he is a charter member of the Kentucky 
Governor's Chemical Material Demilitarization Citizen's Advisory 
Commission and currently serves as co-chair of the Kentucky Chemical 
Destruction Advisory Board.
  Mr. Williams is the co-founder and secretary of the Vietnam Veterans 
of America Foundation. He has received several tributes in the United 
States Congress and was presented the John O'Connor Citizens 
Achievement Award in 2003. Williams is involved in many community 
activities. Williams and his wife live in Berea, Kentucky near their 
two children and two grandchildren.
  The people of the Sixth District and our nation are safer today 
because of the determined work and excellent leadership of Craig 
Williams and the Kentucky Environmental Foundation. They have worked 
tirelessly and with great passion to mandate ways to dispose of 
chemical weapons in a safe manner. I join a grateful nation in 
congratulating the Kentucky Environmental Foundation on their twenty-
five years and thanking Craig Williams for his excellent leaderships.

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