[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              SAVANNAH RIVER SITE REPROGRAMMING SUCCESSFUL

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, I was grateful 
to conduct a town hall in Aiken, South Carolina, where I listened to 
hundreds of constituents who are very concerned about the reprogramming 
request at the Savannah River site. Fortunately, over the weekend, the 
President's Office of Management and Budget sent the request to both 
Houses of Congress for approval.
  This is a crucial step to end the 20 percent pay cut for 2,600 
employees of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions. I appreciate the town 
hall participants: President Terra Carroll of the North Augusta Chamber 
of Commerce; Chairman Ronnie Young of the Aiken County Council; Aiken 
City Council members, Philip Merry and Dick Dewar; State Senator Tom 
Young, Jr.; President David Jameson of the Greater Aiken Chamber of 
Commerce; Vice Chancellor Joe Sobieralski of USC-Aiken; DHEC facilities 
liaison, Shelly Wilson; USC-Aiken student, Hannah McClure. And 
dedicated congressional staff Ted Felder, Sara Beaulieu, and Baker 
Elmore were instrumental for success.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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