[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5487]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MR. RICHARD SHOWLER

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                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 23, 2002

  Mr. GARY MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
the accomplishments of Richard Showler, a professional truck driver for 
Roadway Express, Inc. who recently logged over one million miles on the 
road without a preventable accident.
  To put Mr. Showler's accomplishment in perspective, a million miles 
is the equivalent of circling the earth's equator 38 times. That's 
quite a distance.
  Although a million miles is probably more than an entire family ever 
drives--or more than I would ever drive--what is particularly important 
and noteworthy about Mr. Showler's record is that he's managed to log 
all of those miles responsibly and attentively.
  Even more impressive, perhaps, is that Mr. Showler has driven the 
majority of these miles on what are arguably the most congested parts 
of Southern California's highway system. Indeed, anyone familiar with 
the gridlock and traffic that is characteristic of Southern California 
could attest to the difficulty of negotiating those roads in a car, 
much less a semi-truck with a full trailer of goods. In short, Mr. 
Showler is among the most distinguished and safe drivers out on the 
road today.
  Mr. Showler, a member of Local 952 of the International Brotherhood 
of Teamsters, has been with Roadway for twenty-two years. Happily 
married, with a son, Mr. Showler resides in Yorba Linda, California. I 
have no doubt his family is proud of him. When he's not out on the 
road, Mr. Showler is an active long board surfer and helps coach his 
son's Little League games.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise today to pay tribute to Mr. Showler's 
record of safety, and I hope my colleagues will join me in saluting his 
one million-mile driving safety achievement.

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