[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 67 (Friday, April 29, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H2131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   100TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUNTY CORNER

  (Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I grew up in a small town in Utah 
where I remember a Sinclair gas station that was situated where Route 
39 intersects Route 134. It is a place where parents would stop to fill 
up their cars while taking their kids to school, and airmen would stop 
on the way to serve at Hill Air Force Base; where fathers would fill up 
the RV on the way to the family vacation, and I may have actually 
stopped to get a few Dr Pepper's as well. County Corner store is part 
of the Sinclair family, which is today celebrating their 100-year 
anniversary.
  Today, there are 1,300 Sinclair-branded stations in 24 States. They 
operate the largest refinery in the Rocky Mountain West, they have 
their offices located in Utah, and they have 1,200 employees.
  You may actually recognize the green dinosaur that is the logo. It is 
an apatosaurus, and its name is Dino. It debuted at the World's Fair in 
Chicago in 1933, has been a part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, 
and is actually an honorary member of the Museum of Natural History.
  In an era where it is sometimes en vogue to condemn the gas-powered 
engine, we have to realize that people drive to work, families drive to 
church, schoolbuses drive kids back and forth, as well as the fact that 
firefighters rush to help businesses that are threatened. The Sinclair 
Oil Corporation has a hand in making all that possible.
  Happy birthday.

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