[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 181 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H8789-H8790]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING NECCO FOSTER CARE OF KENTUCKY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Kentucky (Mr. Comer) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Necco Foster Care 
of Kentucky, an organization with offices across Kentucky's First 
Congressional District and the Commonwealth.
  Necco works tirelessly to place thousands of children with supportive 
and caring families. With foster parents from all walks of life and a 
variety of backgrounds, the organization ensures that each child is 
matched with a loving, stable, and comfortable home.
  The organization was recently recognized as a 2019 Angels in Adoption 
honoree.
  Necco offers supportive community living for young adults and 
intensive home-based treatment for families. Through programs like 
these, Necco shows itself to be a diligent, compassionate guiding hand 
to society's most vulnerable.
  The staff at Necco helps children in both rural and urban settings as 
well as those in the juvenile justice population. By providing these 
services, Necco is improving the lives of those most in need while also 
setting the foundation for a brighter future for coming generations of 
Kentuckians.
  On behalf of my constituents, I congratulate Necco and its staff in 
their efforts to make the dream of a family a reality for many children 
in need.


  Congratulating Dean Owen for Being Awarded the HIRE Vets Medallion 
                                 Award

  Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to applaud my friend, Mr. Dean Owen, 
for being awarded and recognized last week by the Department of Labor's 
HIRE Vets Medallion Awards Program.
  This program focuses on bringing our Nation's veterans back to the 
workforce and equipping them with the skills they need to excel at home 
after serving our country across the world.
  As a resident and business owner in the First Congressional District 
of Kentucky, Dean Owen has gone above and beyond to invest in 
recruiting, employing, and retaining our Nation's finest through his 
professional accountant services firm in Paducah, my district's largest 
city.
  The rigorous criteria by which a HIRE Vets Medallion is earned speaks 
to the remarkable dedication Dean regularly displays in his mission to 
advance veteran careers.
  I want to thank Dean once again for being a valuable, caring, and 
ambitious figure in my district. With constituents like Dean, there is 
no question as to why I am proud to stand here today and represent the 
First Congressional District of Kentucky.


                   Conduct the Business of the People

  Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, this must be a proud day for many Washington 
Democrats: the beginning of their quest to impeach our duly-elected 
President of the United States, with wall-to-wall coverage from all the 
major media networks of this circus of an event.
  But I, again, rise today to implore the Speaker of the House, Nancy 
Pelosi, to conduct the business of the people.
  The people of America elected all 435 of us to do the things that 
they expect Congress to do--real business, not theater. And the 
business that the people expect us to do, of the utmost importance 
today, would be to ratify the USMCA and to take up the demand to try to 
have some type of prescription drug reform legislation passed before 
the end of the year.
  But, instead of doing these two most essential acts that Congress 
should be taking up to represent the people of

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America, we have, instead, the majority party conducting baseless 
impeachment hearings.
  I conclude again by calling on Nancy Pelosi and the majority party to 
do the things the American people actually want Congress to do.

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