[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 16024-16025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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           HONORING THE MEMORY OF THE CREW OF THE ``EL FARO''

  (Ms. PINGREE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I am here 
today to honor the memory of the crew of El Faro, lost in a hurricane 
in the Bahamas last week.
  Four people from my State, the State of Maine, were aboard the El 
Faro: Michael Holland, of North Wilton; Dylan Meklin, of Rockland; 
Danielle Randolph, of Rockland; and the captain, a

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man of great experience, Mike Davidson, of Windham.
  In Maine, we have a strong connection to those who make their living 
on the water, and we know the risks they take every time they go to 
sea, but in no way does that make a tragedy any less painful.
  It is difficult for me to know what the families of the crew are 
going through and have been going through, but they are in my thoughts 
and the thoughts of everyone in our State.
  I also want to thank the Coast Guard, the Navy, and the Air Force for 
their round-the-clock efforts during what were very dangerous 
conditions. And although I wish the results had been very, very 
different, we owe those men, as well, men and women, a debt of 
gratitude for risking their lives to try to find the crew of El Faro.

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