[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14120]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO CHRISTOPHER H. MOFFITT

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, June 4, 2009

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Christopher H. 
Moffitt, an automobile dealer and resident of Boone, Iowa.
  Christopher, president of Moffitt's Ford Lincoln Mercury, was 
recently nominated for the 2009 TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year award 
sponsored by TIME Magazine and Goodyear Tire. Christopher was nominated 
by Gary W. Thomas, President of the Iowa Automobile Dealers 
Association, and recently was honored at the National Automobile 
Dealers Association Convention & Exposition in New Orleans. The TIME 
Magazine Dealer of the Year award is one of the auto industry's most 
prestigious awards, recognizing both success in auto sales and 
outstanding community service.
  Christopher is a third generation family dealer who owns a dealership 
that was first opened by his grandfather over 81 years ago. He began 
washing cars at the dealership at age 13, and while attending college 
at Iowa State University, he began selling cars part-time before 
becoming a full time sales manager after graduating in 1987.
  In addition to his dedicated service at the dealership, Christopher 
has spent considerable time giving back to the community. From 1993-
2000, Christopher was chairman of Good Connections, an organization 
that employed mentally and physically challenged individuals. He also 
received a YMCA Leadership Award after playing a pivotal role in 
reopening the Boone County Family YMCA in 2005 while serving as board 
chairman. The location had closed in the 1990's but is now growing and 
serving all of Boone County.
  I know my colleagues in the United States Congress join me in 
congratulating Christopher Moffitt for his nomination for TIME Magazine 
Dealer of the Year, and thank him for his dedicated community service 
efforts. It is an honor to represent Christopher in Congress, and I 
wish him and his family happiness and success in the future.

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