[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 9, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E550]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       CELEBRATING THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF CORNING INCORPORATED

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                      HON. NICHOLAS A. LANGWORTHY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 9, 2026

  Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate a remarkable 
milestone in the history of American innovation: the 175th anniversary 
of Corning Incorporated, a company whose ingenuity and resilience have 
helped shape the modern world from its home in the Southern Tier of New 
York.
  Very few companies survive this long, and fewer still can claim a 
legacy that touches so many lives across the globe. Corning's story, at 
its core, is one of discovery. For 175 years, the company's boundless 
curiosity has produced some of the world's most consequential 
breakthroughs in materials science. Today Corning's patents and trade 
secrets are crown jewels of American intellectual property: the glass 
envelope of Thomas Edison's first commercial light bulb, the heat-
resistant Pyrex that became a fixture in America's kitchens, the 
ceramic substrates that have cleaned the air from nearly every 
passenger vehicle on the road for the past half century, the Gorilla 
Glass that today protects billions of smartphones and devices 
worldwide, and the low-loss optical fiber that became the backbone of 
the internet and now Al infrastructure.
  It is also a story about the lives Corning touches. The company's 
innovations are everywhere--powering how Americans work, learn, and 
live. Behind these achievements stand more than 60,000 Corning 
employees worldwide including the thousands of dedicated men and women 
who live and work in New York's 23rd Congressional District. They are 
the scientists, engineers, technicians, and operators whose talent has 
made Corning synonymous with excellence in advanced manufacturing. 
Generations of Southern Tier families have built their lives alongside 
this company, and Corning has invested in them through good-paying 
jobs, educational partnerships, and steadfast community support.
  Most importantly, this anniversary is about what comes next. For 
Corning, what's next is not a single idea but a mindset, one rooted in 
possibility, progress, and the belief that tomorrow can always be 
better than today. It is a mindset that has carried the company through 
175 years of wars, downturns, and waves of technological change, and 
one that will carry it boldly into its next chapter.
  Mr. Speaker, Corning is the beating heart of the Southern Tier's 
economy and a treasure of American industry. On behalf of New York's 
23rd Congressional District and a grateful Nation, I extend my deepest 
congratulations to the entire Corning family on this historic 175th 
anniversary.

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