[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            125TH ANNIVERSARY, UA LOCAL 50 OF NORTHERN OHIO

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, Members of Congress attend many events. 
And over the weekend, I was very privileged to be a part of the 125th 
anniversary celebration of United Allied Trades, Local 50 Plumbers, 
Pipefitters, and Allied Trades in northern Ohio--125 years of building 
America forward.
  Over 1,500 people came into this mammoth hall, and we remembered 
those who had come before us and had been a part of building, of 
plumbing, of pipefitting, of building America forward--in our 
refineries, in our nuclear power plants, in the natural gas lines that 
are laid. The power of America was before us in the hands and minds of 
those who have the skills to build for us.
  The training academy they have built at local 50 is probably the 
finest in the country, at least one of the finest. And I am just so 
proud of the younger men and women who are coming up in the trades. 
They have a decent wage. They can earn enough to join the middle class. 
They have retirement plans. They have health plans, including the one 
they built from scratch, serving thousands and thousands and thousands 
of people.
  Congratulations at 125 years to United Allied Trades Plumbers and 
Pipefitters Local 50 in Ohio. God bless you. You have blessed America.

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