[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    BRINGING INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION TOGETHER IN PENNSYLVANIA'S 12TH 
                                DISTRICT

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, our Nation's economic prosperity and 
national security interests are secured due to energy-rich districts 
like Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District.
  That is why, during the recent August district work month, while in 
Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, I visited Cabot Oil & Gas, 
one of Pennsylvania's largest natural gas producers.
  On any given day, Pennsylvania's 12th District is well positioned to 
help make the United States a net energy exporter by producing as much 
as 10 percent of the country's natural gas. Equally important is the 
great partner that energy producers have become with local governments 
and educational institutions.
  As a member of the House Education and Labor Committee, I know the 
importance of bringing industry and education together to enhance 
workforce development, especially in rural areas. That is why it made 
me proud to see Cabot partnering with Lackawanna College School of 
Petroleum and Natural Gas as a means to provide career-ready job skills 
in the natural gas industry. Thanks to this partnership, students are 
able to make family-sustaining wages and have a career in an industry 
that will remain in Pennsylvania for generations.
  Congress should use this example, set in Susquehanna County and 
throughout Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, for how 
partnerships with private-sector job creators can lead to a better 
future.

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