[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15054]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   PAYING TRIBUTE TO UPS EMPLOYEES AND U.S. VETERANS TIM PFOHL, DAN 
                        VERANJES AND MIKE BURNS

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 26, 2012

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I along with Congresswoman Kathy Hochul 
would like to pay tribute to several Western New York UPS employees who 
have delivered outstanding service for the company and for the country.
  Tim Pfohl has been with UPS for 23 years. He is a member of the UPS 
Safety Committee, a mentor to new drivers and has 14 years of accident-
free driving. Tim served in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years. He and 
his wife Barbara, who reside in Hamburg, NY, are the parents of two 
sons, Dylan and Tyler.
  Dan Veranjes, also a Marine, served our country for eight years 
including duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dan has been on the UPS 
team for 13 years. He is known for his customer skills and is always 
there to help out new employees. Dan is married to wife Erika and 
together they live in Hamburg, NY with their four children: Isabella, 
Griffin, Caleb and Zoe.
  Mike Burns is not only a veteran of the Marines; he is a 26-year 
veteran with UPS. Mike served as a Reservist for six years out of the 
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Center on Porter Avenue in Buffalo and 
received military training in Norway. Mike has an exemplary record at 
UPS with 16 years of safe driving and an injury-free career. Lancaster 
residents Mike and his wife Jennifer are the parents of 10-year-old 
Madelyn.
  UPS is one of the largest employers of reservists and returning 
veterans. On any given day UPS has about 3,100 employees who are on 
military leave and there are nearly 25,000 additional UPS employees 
working today who have served in the military at some point in their 
lives.
  In fact, Erie County Department of Veterans Director MAJ Carlos M. 
Benitez, a retired veteran of the New York Army National Guard, also 
previously worked for UPS.
  We commend UPS for their commitment to our active-duty and returning 
veterans and recognize these Western New York employees for extending 
the same dedication and leadership in the UPS workplace as they did in 
the U.S. Armed Forces.

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