[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1429]
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       RECOGNIZING AMRO FABRICATING CORP. ON ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. LINDA T. SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 25, 2017

  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the pivotal role 
that small businesses in California's 38th district are playing in 
transporting humanity to new frontiers in our solar system. As a proud 
member of the NASA Caucus, I know that the extraordinary feats that the 
United States has made in space exploration and human spaceflight would 
not be possible without the ingenuity of small businesses and 
manufacturers across our country.
  I want to recognize one such manufacturer, AMRO Fabricating Corp., 
which is celebrating its 40th anniversary next week. In 1977, AMRO was 
established in South El Monte, California by Michael K. and Thora A. 
Riley. The company first entered the aerospace industry in 1979, and in 
1986, McDonnell Douglas selected AMRO to manufacture Isogrid panels for 
the Titan IV rocket. Over the past 30 years, AMRO has honed its forming 
process for Isogrid and Orthogrid designs, which allow metal structures 
to be both lightweight and durable, and are critical for enabling 
spacecraft and aircraft to fly efficiently and safely.
  I am proud of the integral work AMRO is contributing to the 
development of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion 
spacecraft, which will carry U.S. astronauts farther than ever before 
and eventually to Mars. Just this August, AMRO delivered window panels 
for the Orion spacecraft that astronauts will use on its first manned 
mission, Exploration Mission-2, in the early 2020s. AMRO is also 
working on elements for the SLS's core stage, which will carry the 
Orion spacecraft beyond Earth's orbit.
  From 1977 to 2017, AMRO's innovation in spaceflight and aerospace 
have allowed it to grow from just 6 employees to more than 250, as well 
as to develop training programs for high school and university 
students. The U.S. space program has an exciting future ahead of it, in 
no small part due to the dynamism of America's small businesses. Please 
join me in congratulating AMRO on its 40th anniversary.

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