[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 215 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNITION OF CHRIS GUINAN

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                         HON. BRENDAN F. BOYLE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 18, 2020

  Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, it is my honor 
to recognize Chris Guinan, a Philadelphia difference-maker, before the 
United States House of Representatives. Mr. Guinan has become a symbol 
of the can-do neighborly spirit that is the embodiment of The City of 
Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.
  Since 2011, Mr. Guinan, aided by his wife, Cindy, his son, Christian, 
his daughter, Lauren, and his granddaughter, Sophia, has successfully 
donated 1,000 bikes to children throughout Philadelphia who previously 
lacked this essential mode of transportation and freedom.
  Mr. Guinan achieved this remarkable feat through a combination of 
years of his own hard work--finding and fixing a great many of these 
bikes--and the generous donations of others, including his colleagues 
at SEPTA, where he worked for 30 years until his retirement.
  Chris Guinan embodies a commitment to the public good. His efforts to 
make life better for Philadelphia's children are a model for the 
upwelling of selflessness and giving that has kept America going 
through these difficult times. He embodies the spirit of Philadelphia--
and of America.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending our 
sincerest appreciation to Chris Guinan for his--and his family's--
extraordinary work on behalf of our community.

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