[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1229-H1230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               RECOGNIZING BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Bucks 
County Community College, which recently received a $200,000 grant to 
raise awareness and promote its metal working apprenticeship program.
  This 12-week program provides entry-level training, forklift 
certification, and other skills necessary to begin a career in 
manufacturing. The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic 
Development grant will be used to promote Bucks County Community 
College's manufacturing preapprenticeship training programs.
  Mr. Speaker, earlier this week I partnered with Bucks County native, 
Congressman Ro Khanna, to introduce the Student Apprenticeship Act, a 
bill that would close the gap between higher education and labor by 
modernizing workforce training and catalyzing the growth of registered 
apprenticeships nationwide.
  Apprenticeship programs provide skills and education for high-paying 
jobs and vital careers, and we need to be sure we give them the 
attention that they deserve.


                      Recognizing Aileen Torrente

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Sergeant 
Aileen

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Torrente of the Middletown Township Police Department.
  Sergeant Torrente was the first woman in the history of the police 
department to be promoted from patrol officer to detective in 2014. 
Recently Aileen was promoted again; this time from detective to her 
current rank of sergeant.
  Sergeant Torrente's success will set a great example for current and 
future officers at my hometown township police department in 
Middletown. Aileen's hard work, determination, and diligence led to her 
promotion. She is a great role model for our community, and I look 
forward to seeing more promotions in the future as she works her way up 
to her dream job of chief of police. Mr. Speaker, I wish her well.


                 Recognizing Bensalem Township Council

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Bensalem 
Township Council, who took a huge step to ensure the safety and well-
being of their residents by prohibiting vaping in public township 
facilities, including parks and other recreational areas.
  The health and safety of our children should be our top priority, and 
the recent youth vaping epidemic has been a huge health issue in our 
community and across our Nation.
  I recently had the opportunity to meet with students from New Hope 
Solebury Cares who expressed their concerns with how prevalent vaping 
has become in their schools, and they talked about solutions that we 
can work on to bring attention to this issue.
  Part of the rise in youth vaping has been attributed to flavored 
nicotine. Flavors such as mango, cucumber, and other types of flavors 
undoubtedly target our children.
  Tomorrow the House will vote on final passage of H.R. 2339, the 
Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act. 
This legislation would ban all flavored vaping products, e-cigarette 
ads targeting youth, and remote cigarette sales. As a cosponsor of this 
bill, I look forward to voting in favor of this bill and taking a much-
needed step to mitigate tobacco use among our children.

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