[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2831]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              NATIONAL COURT REPORTING AND CAPTIONING WEEK

  (Mr. ROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSS. Madam Speaker, today I rise to honor National Court 
Reporting and Captioning Week, taking place from February 16 to 
February 22, a week that serves to recognize the value and importance 
that court reporters and captioners have made in American society.
  As a lawyer who has spent over 25 years as a litigator, I have a 
profound respect and appreciation for those who preserve the official 
record.
  Court reporters, broadcast captioners, and Communication Access 
Realtime Translation, or CART, captioners serve an integral role in my 
home State of Florida and throughout the United States. In fact, 
Florida has a particularly vibrant court reporting economy. My cousin, 
Les Renfroe, has been one for over 35 years. They have over 400 small 
business owners in Florida, 1,300 court reporters and captioners, and 
three court reporting programs which will help fulfill the needs of an 
industry, an industry that the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts will 
grow by 2022.
  That is why I am happy to join the National Court Reporters 
Association in commemorating the week from February 16 to February 22 
as National Court Reporting and Captioning Week.

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