[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15618]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       IN RECOGNITION OF WORKING AMERICANS AND MANUFACTURING DAY

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                            HON. GENE GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 1, 2015

  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the hard 
working men and women of Northside and Eastside Houston and Harris 
County, Texas and the valuable contributions manufacturers give to our 
local economy.
  The 29th District of Texas is one of the largest manufacturing 
districts in the country. Home to the Port of Houston, the Houston Ship 
Channel, and the largest petrochemical complex in the country, over 
31,000 people work in the refineries, chemical plants, pipe and metal 
manufacturers and machine shops throughout our district.
  Many of these jobs demand technical skills, training, and years of 
experience and have provided good, middle class wages that have paid 
off many house notes and college tuition bills in my district.
  For the third year in a row, Houston leads the nation in merchandise 
exports--sending $119 billion in manufactured goods overseas. The 
majority of these exports are related to the oil, gas, and chemical 
industries.
  I proudly stand with manufacturing workers in Houston and around the 
country, who go to work each day without complaint, and continue to 
make the label ``Made in America'' the gold standard in quality 
worldwide.
  Now is the time for Congress to stand with working families and our 
nation's manufacturers and reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. Ex-Im 
supports thousands of jobs throughout our great country at no cost to 
the American people.

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