[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 173 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H7122]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                  GRANT FOR COMPOSITE RECYCLING CENTER

  (Mr. KILMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to talk about jobs and economic 
opportunity for the region I represent. In my hometown of Port Angeles, 
Washington, we recently opened up a new innovative center focused on 
composite manufacturing. This composite recycling center, one of the 
first in the Nation, is already showing that the peninsula can be a hub 
for groundbreaking innovation.
  Just yesterday, they won a national investment, a grant from the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, that will give entrepreneurs the tools that 
they need to take yesterday's recycled parts and turn them into 
advanced products.
  It will also encourage the growth of quality jobs in my region, 
investing in local citizens so that they can build careers working with 
composites. This is a terrific example, to use a Wayne Gretzky quote, 
of local economic developers skating to where the puck is going to be; 
and I want to congratulate the folks back home. I look forward to 
continuing to be a partner in the effort to bring good jobs to our neck 
of the woods.

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