[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 15 (Monday, January 30, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E97-E98]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN RECOGNITION OF LAWRENCE C. MALSKI, RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 
 NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA EMINENT EAGLE 
                                 AWARD

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 30, 2017

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Lawrence C. 
Malski, who on January 27 received the Eminent Eagle Award from the 
Northeastern Pennsylvania Council

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Boy Scouts of America. The Eminent Eagle Award recognizes an Eagle 
Scout from Northeastern Pennsylvania who is a role model for all Scouts 
who aspire to achieve the rank of Eagle.
  An Eagle Scout since 1966, Larry has long been a leader in his 
community. Throughout his life, he has been devoted to service and 
committed to excellence. In 1972, Larry graduated with the highest 
honors from Penn State University with a degree in Transportation/
Traffic Management and Labor-Management Relations. He received his 
Juris Doctorate from the Temple University School of Law in 1977. Larry 
is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, New York Bar, and admitted to 
practice before the District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania and Northern 
New York.
  Larry is the President of the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional 
Railroad Authority, which manages the region's 100-mile railroad 
system. Formed in 2006, the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad 
Authority was established by the merger of Lackawanna and Monroe 
Counties' Rail Authorities. Before the merger, Larry served as 
Lackawanna County Railroad Authority's Executive Director and General 
Counsel for twenty-two years. He also consulted with the Monroe County 
Railroad Authority, advising them on transportation funding, policy, 
and administration. Throughout his career, Larry has been a leading 
figure in the effort to reinstate commuter rail in between northern New 
Jersey/New York City and the Poconos and greater Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
  Larry has a long record of service to his community. He is one of 
fifteen members of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) Railroad-
Shipper Transportation Advisory Council. The Council often advises the 
Secretary of Transportation, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and 
Transportation, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and 
the STB Chairman on matters of regulation, policy, and legislation. 
Larry currently serves as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Rail Freight 
Advisory Committee. Appointed by Governor Casey in 1989, Larry has 
helped that statewide committee advise the governor, legislature, and 
PennDOT on rail freight preservation and development in Pennsylvania. 
He has also served on the boards of the County of Lackawanna Transit 
System, the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce Transportation 
subcommittee, the Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Company, the 
PennDOT Lackawanna/Luzerne Transportation Study Committee, the Economic 
Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Bi-State Rail 
Project Technical Committee, and Penn's Northeast industrial 
development corporation.
  It is an honor to recognize Larry Malski for upholding the values of 
the Boy Scouts of America. I extend my warmest congratulations to him 
for receiving the Eminent Eagle Award for 2017.

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