[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16475]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          SALUTING MARK ANDOL'S COMMITMENT TO AMERICAN WORKERS

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share the story of Mark Andol, a 
member of my western New York community. Mark owns a welding and 
fabricating company in my district. Like many American manufacturers, 
it lost sales to China in recent years and was forced to cut its 70-
person workforce in half.
  Mark was frustrated and decided to do something about it. He opened a 
general store that sells only products manufactured entirely in 
America. When it opened last year, the store offered 50 products. Since 
then sales have doubled, and it now sells over 3,500 products that are 
100 percent American-made, right down to the packaging.
  I visited Mark's store earlier this week and was highly impressed. I 
was happy to invite him to the Make It in America working meeting 
hosted by the White House and our Democratic whip, Mr. Hoyer, tomorrow.
  Mr. Speaker, Mark's experience demonstrates why we need to strengthen 
our trade laws and pass the China currency reform bill. In the 
meantime, I would like to salute Mark Andol for his commitment to the 
American worker.

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