[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7445]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATING MIKE LANGFORD

  (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 
Mike Langford on his retirement.
  Mike had served as the president of the Utility Workers Union of 
America since 2006 and has been a major leader of that union for many 
decades.
  During his time at the UWUA, Mike has worked hard to bring about 
overdue reform that delivers safe, reliable, cost-effective, and 
environmentally friendly utility services across this whole country.
  I share his commitment to a cleaner environment and more affordable 
services for working families. And, as a former union organizer, I 
thank Mike for his outstanding dedication to American workers.
  Indeed, I can personally attest to Mike's stalwart leadership of all 
American workers as a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. And I 
also want to point out that America's veterans have had no better 
friend than Mike Langford, who helped set up programs to train hundreds 
and thousands of them for careers in the utility industry.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Mike on his 
retirement and on wishing him the very best for the next chapter of his 
life.

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