[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     SALUTING CHIEF BOBBY HUGHES OF THE EAST MEADOW FIRE DEPARTMENT

  (Mr. D'ESPOSITO asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. D'ESPOSITO. Madam Speaker, I rise this evening to salute the 
long, storied career of Chief Bobby Hughes of the East Meadow Fire 
Department. He has been in the Nassau County Fire Service for over 40 
years.
  He rose through the ranks, becoming the chief of the department from 
1997 to 1998. He was instrumental in forming the East Meadow Fire 
Department Chiefs Association.
  He is the current band leader of the Nassau County Firefighters Pipes 
and Drums and led that very band down Pennsylvania Avenue for the 
inauguration of President Trump.
  He joined the Nassau County Fire Service Academy as an instructor in 
2003 and has risen through the ranks.
  This week, he will walk out of the Nassau County Fire Service Academy 
for the last time as the chief instructor. He has made it a beacon of 
education and training, not just in Nassau County but across the 
country.
  Madam Speaker, I join the Nassau County Fire Service in saluting 
Chief Bobby Hughes and thanking him for his career in keeping our 
county safe and training the future of the fire service.

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