[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 109 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                 CELEBRATING HALE PERFORMANCE COATINGS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise to celebrate a local small business 
that has served our northwest Ohio community for 95 years. I 
congratulate Rick and Mike Deye, father and son owners-operators of 
Hale Performance Coatings, who are celebrating 95 years of business in 
Toledo.
  Phil Hale started Hale Chrome Services on Albion Street in 1929, 
during the height of the Great Depression.
  Gordon Deye, an employee of Mr. Hale, eventually bought the business 
and continued to build on the Hale legacy. Mr. Deye famously loved to 
say, ``If you give the customer quality and service, the rest will 
follow,'' a motto that Hale still lives by to this day.
  Today, Hale is owned and operated by Mike Deye, who represents the 
third generation of Deye family ownership. Over the years, Hale grew 
from its humble beginnings, expanding its original location, creating a 
second building on campus, and purchasing another building on Albion 
Street in the heart of Toledo.
  Hale remains committed to family ownership and reinvesting in our 
Toledo community as the largest and oldest local business along the 
vast Monroe Street corridor.
  I look forward to 2029, when Hale celebrates 100 years. Onward, Hale.

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