[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13064-13065]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        BRIGHT SPOTS IN COLORADO

  (Mr. PERLMUTTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, it's been a hard summer in Colorado, 
but we have a lot of bright spots. And I want to focus on three today--
one thing and two people.

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  The ``thing'' is the patent office. In this country, we've had one 
patent office. It's been here in Washington, D.C. And now we're going 
to have three patent offices across the country, and Colorado got one 
of those. We're going to have a satellite patent office in Colorado, 
and that will help us continue our innovative and entrepreneurial 
spirit.
  Now, of the two people I would like to highlight, one is Chief Dan 
Oates. We had tremendous heroes in this recent tragedy that we had in 
Colorado. But Chief Dan Oates and his leadership of the Aurora Police 
Department were fantastic, and I want to compliment him on that.
  Now, the last person I want to highlight, who is a bright spot and 
will keep getting brighter, is Missy Franklin who has won a bronze 
medal and a gold medal in swimming. And she is going to win a lot more.
  So even though we've had a tough summer, there are a lot of bright 
things and a lot of bright people in Colorado, and it's going to be 
better from here on out.

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