[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        RECOGNIZING CARL HARRIS

  (Mr. ESTES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ESTES. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to recognize the exceptional 
service of Kansan Carl Harris, the 2024 chairman of the National 
Association of Home Builders.
  For more than four decades, Carl has made an outsized impact on the 
residential construction industry and communities across Kansas through 
his work as cofounder and president of the Carl Harris Company and 
managing partner of Harris Homes.
  Most recently, he completed his term as the 2024 chairman of the 
National Association of Home Builders, where he has been relentless in 
advocating for policies that strengthen the construction workforce and 
help make homeownership, a key tenet of the American Dream, possible.
  Generous in sharing his time and talent, Carl served as president of 
the Wichita Area Builders Association and the Kansas Building Industry 
Association and in numerous roles in local governments in Newton. In 
addition, he has promoted workforce development initiatives and 
outreach to high schoolers to introduce them to opportunities in the 
construction trades.
  It is my honor to thank Carl for his dedicated career and wish him 
all the best with his next step.

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