[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14924-14925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                FORD MOTOR COMPANY CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL

  (Mr. McCOTTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, 100 years ago today an innovative man 
named Henry and 11 pioneering entrepreneurs signed the articles of 
incorporation of the company destined to revolutionize the entire 
world. The innovative man was Henry Ford. And the company, an employer 
of 300,000 Americans, a global automotive leader and a cherished symbol 
of our Nation's entrepreneurial spirit and manufacturing might is, of 
course, the Ford Motor Company.
  This past weekend, more than 1 million people from across the globe 
gathered on the grounds of the Ford Motor Company headquarters in 
Dearborn, Michigan, to celebrate the storied achievements of the first 
100 years of the Ford Motor Company and its

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founder, Henry Ford, and to commence the company's next 100 years of 
unparalleled economic vitality under its current leader, William Clay 
Ford, Jr.
  Mr. Speaker, let us, too, add our voices to those voices across 
America and the entire world and wish the Ford Motor Company a hale and 
heartfelt ``Happy Birthday.''

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