[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 26186-26187]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



IN RECOGNITION OF OHIO STATE SENATOR ROBERT R. CUPP FOR HIS SERVICE TO 
                                  OHIO

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 4, 2000

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, I wish today to recognize an extraordinary 
member of the Ohio Senate and his outstanding contribution and 
dedication to the State of Ohio Senator Robert R. Cupp currently serves 
as President Pro Tempore, representing the 12th Senate District.
  In Senator Cupp's 16 years of service to the State of Ohio, he has 
focused on a variety of important issues such as education, campaign 
finance and workers' compensation. In the area of education, Senator 
Cupp has been appointed to several commissions and boards for the 
purpose of looking specifically at the funding and success of Ohio's 
schools. Most notably, he served as Chairman of the Gillmor Commission 
on School Funding, a bipartisan committee that I initiated to improve 
the way by which Ohio funds its schools. Additionally, he sponsored 
legislation that expedites construction and repair of school facilities 
by streamlining the funding process and remove certain disincentives to 
school districts proceeding with their own funds. In the area of 
campaign finance reform, Senator Cupp has been a leader, introducing 
legislation that fundamentally changed campaign finance in Ohio. His 
legislation not only set limits on the amount of campaign contributions 
by individuals and groups, but also included stricter reporting 
requirements to track contributions. Finally, he has worked tirelessly 
to reform the workers' compensation system. Senator Cupp was 
instrumental in the passage of a law that creates a more efficient 
system for both injured workers and the employers. Some of the

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reforms include controlling health care costs, coordinating and capping 
benefits, protecting employers from frivolous lawsuits, as well as 
eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in the workers' compensation 
system.
  Senator Cupp's awards and recognitions are numerous. He is a four-
time recipient of the Watchdog of the Treasury Award from the United 
Conservatives of Ohio, has received the Guardian of Small Business 
Award, was named the 1990 Vocational Education Legislator of the Year, 
was awarded the State 4-H Alumni Award, and was twice honored with the 
Ohio State Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award. He was named 
by the Associated Builders and Contractors as Legislator of the Year in 
1992, Legislator of the Year by the Ohio Association of Local School 
Superintendents in 1995, and in 1996, he was recognized as the 
Outstanding Legislator by the United Conservatives of Ohio.
  I would also like to recognize his wife, Libby, and their two teenage 
sons, Matthew and Ryan, for supporting Senator Cupp's efforts in the 
Ohio Senate.
  Mr. Speaker, Senator Robert R. Cupp is an asset to the State of Ohio 
and his constituents. I ask my colleagues in the 106th Congress to join 
me in commending him for his sixteen years of service and to wish him 
and his family the best in all of his future endeavors.

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