[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              NATIONAL COURT REPORTING AND CAPTIONING WEEK

  (Mr. GUINTA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GUINTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of National Court 
Reporting and Captioning Week, which is taking place next week.
  Court reporters and captioners are highly specialized professionals 
who record our most important public events and provide vital closed-
captioning services to nearly 48 million Americans.
  My own parents met in court reporting school and went on to start a 
small, successful business. The training is rigorous. Certification 
requires one's ability to type at a rate of 225 words per minutes. A 
court reporter is transcribing this very moment in Congress.
  The New Hampshire Court Reporters Association recently celebrated its 
30th anniversary, but the profession's history in the United States 
extends much further. Because of court reporters, we have an accurate 
record of the first days of our country as our Founding Fathers drafted 
the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
  I would like to thank court reporters and captioners for their 
service, enabling public participation in our democracy--a cornerstone 
of representative government in the United States.

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