[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 72 (Friday, April 26, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





 RECOGNIZING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KANSAS CITY NATIONAL SECURITY 
                                 CAMPUS

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                          HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 26, 2024

  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the Kansas City 
National Security Campus and its 75 years of contributions to national 
security.
  In November 1948, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman--whose 
hometown I represent--the Atomic Energy Commission selected the Pratt 
and Whitney airplane engine production plant in Kansas City as a site 
to produce nonnuclear components for nuclear weapons. The Kansas City 
Division of the Bendix Aviation Corporation began operations in the 
spring of 1949.
  Seventy-five years and several name changes later, the Kansas City 
National Security Campus' mission to ensure the United States nuclear 
deterrent is safe, secure, and reliable remains essential to America's 
national security.
  The site works to provide the National Nuclear Security 
Administration with electrical, mechanical, and material components 
manufactured and procured to exacting quality specifications to help 
meet important national security objectives and keep our nuclear 
stockpile ready at a moment's notice.
  Today, the site employs nearly 7,000 people dedicated to this 
important national service. The Kansas City National Security Campus' 
contributions to the Kansas City area are important to job creation and 
sustaining economic growth, and Missourians are proud of its central 
importance to our strategic deterrence.
  It is a distinct privilege to represent the Kansas City National 
Security Campus in the United States House of Representatives. Please 
join me in recognizing the Kansas City National Security Campus for its 
75 years of contributions to our national security.

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