[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 46 (Thursday, March 15, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E325]
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                  HONORING CONGRESSWOMAN MARCY KAPTUR

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                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 15, 2018

  Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join my colleagues from Ohio 
and across the nation in paying tribute to the dean of the Ohio 
delegation, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, as she becomes the longest-
serving woman in the history of the House of Representatives.
  Congresswoman Kaptur has been tireless in her promotion of Toledo and 
the people of Ohio's Ninth Congressional District. I am grateful to my 
colleagues who have already spoken about her many accomplishments on 
behalf of her constituents throughout her congressional career.
  I want to especially highlight her advocacy work on behalf of Lima's 
Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in my district, which is the only 
facility in the nation capable of producing large combat vehicles for 
the Department of Defense. Marcy has used her seniority on the House 
Appropriations Committee to stave off cuts to JSMC programs that would 
have devastated military readiness and destroyed the plant's supplier 
base. I thank her for her longstanding bipartisan work to save money 
for the taxpayer while keeping the skilled workers of JSMC on the job 
building modem, safer vehicles on which our servicemembers rely.
  On behalf of the people of Ohio's Fourth Congressional District, I 
congratulate Congresswoman Kaptur on achieving this milestone. Her 
decency and civility are a model for all who commit their lives to 
public service.

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