[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 60 (Monday, April 8, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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     APPRECIATING DESIGNATION OF SUSQUEHANNA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA

  (Mr. SMUCKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to thank some individuals who 
helped in the passage of my bill, the Susquehanna National Heritage 
Act, which designates York and Lancaster Counties in the district that 
I represent as a national heritage area.
  I thank Senator Bob Casey, who has been working on this in the Senate 
for 12 years, as well as Representative   Rob Bishop from Utah, who 
helped push this bill through the Natural Resources Committee when he 
served as chair there last year. Representative   Tom McClintock was 
chair of the subcommittee.
  Also, I would like to recognize Mark Platts and Jonathan Pinkerton of 
Susquehanna Heritage. They have been proposing this and working on it 
in the district, and they will be helping to manage this national 
heritage area.
  I also thank Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz, who testified in support of the 
bill last year.
  National heritage areas celebrate the special historic places in our 
country and highlight the beauty and natural resources of our 
community. They also provide 148,000 jobs and nearly $13 billion in 
economic growth. Our area will definitely benefit from this 
designation.
  I am very proud to have worked with these folks to help this bill 
become law. I am also grateful to my colleagues who supported the 
passage of this bill, and I thank them for their hard work and help.

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