[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1150-1151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY RAYTHEON

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize the 
contributions made by the hardworking men and women at the Raytheon 
Company.
  Every day, the innovators at Raytheon strive to develop new 
technologies to defend our country and ensure the safety of our men and 
women in uniform. Raytheon, a defense research firm, employs 75,000 
employees

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throughout our country and 1,300 in the town of Portsmouth in my home 
district in Rhode Island.
  Raytheon's accomplishments were honored during Aviation Week's Annual 
Program Excellence Awards ceremony for its work to develop combat 
system software and mission system equipment for the next generation of 
surface combat ships--the DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyer. Aviation 
Week awarded Raytheon top honors in the category of system level 
production.
  Raytheon's employees should take pride in the contributions they are 
making to our local economy and to ensuring the continued strength of 
the United States Navy.
  I congratulate Raytheon on their impressive achievements.

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