[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 1]
[House]
[Pages 1258-1259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING AMBASSADOR
                               GARY DOER

  (Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan asked and was given permission to address

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the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
Honorable Gary Doer, the outgoing Canadian Ambassador to the United 
States.
  Canada is one of our Nation's longest and greatest allies. Our 
bilateral trade with Canada was nearly $734 billion last year alone, 
and it supports over 9 million jobs. In fact, my home State of Michigan 
sells more goods to Canada than our next 12 largest trading partners 
combined.
  Over the last 7 years, Ambassador Doer has built a long list of 
accomplishments, including improved U.S.-Canadian regulatory 
cooperation, advocating for the Congressional Gold Medal for the 
Devil's Brigade, and the repeal of burdensome country of origin 
labeling requirements.
  Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for Ambassador Doer's personal friendship 
to me and his relentless service to Canada and his friendship with the 
United States. I wish him well in his future endeavors.
  As chair of the U.S.-Canada Interparliamentary Group, I look forward 
to working with Canada's incoming Ambassador, David MacNaughton, to 
further build on our Nation's great partnership.

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