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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RECOGNIZING BUCKS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Fitzpatrick) for 5 minutes.
Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Bucks
County Community College, which recently received a $200,000 grant to
raise awareness and promote its metal working apprenticeship program.
This 12-week program provides entry-level training, forklift
certification, and other skills necessary to begin a career in
manufacturing. The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development grant will be used to promote Bucks County Community
College's manufacturing preapprenticeship training programs.
Mr. Speaker, earlier this week I partnered with Bucks County native,
Congressman Ro Khanna, to introduce the Student Apprenticeship Act, a
bill that would close the gap between higher education and labor by
modernizing workforce training and catalyzing the growth of registered
apprenticeships nationwide.
Apprenticeship programs provide skills and education for high-paying
jobs and vital careers, and we need to be sure we give them the
attention that they deserve.
Recognizing Aileen Torrente
Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Sergeant
Aileen
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Torrente of the Middletown Township Police Department.
Sergeant Torrente was the first woman in the history of the police
department to be promoted from patrol officer to detective in 2014.
Recently Aileen was promoted again; this time from detective to her
current rank of sergeant.
Sergeant Torrente's success will set a great example for current and
future officers at my hometown township police department in
Middletown. Aileen's hard work, determination, and diligence led to her
promotion. She is a great role model for our community, and I look
forward to seeing more promotions in the future as she works her way up
to her dream job of chief of police. Mr. Speaker, I wish her well.
Recognizing Bensalem Township Council
Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Bensalem
Township Council, who took a huge step to ensure the safety and well-
being of their residents by prohibiting vaping in public township
facilities, including parks and other recreational areas.
The health and safety of our children should be our top priority, and
the recent youth vaping epidemic has been a huge health issue in our
community and across our Nation.
I recently had the opportunity to meet with students from New Hope
Solebury Cares who expressed their concerns with how prevalent vaping
has become in their schools, and they talked about solutions that we
can work on to bring attention to this issue.
Part of the rise in youth vaping has been attributed to flavored
nicotine. Flavors such as mango, cucumber, and other types of flavors
undoubtedly target our children.
Tomorrow the House will vote on final passage of H.R. 2339, the
Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act.
This legislation would ban all flavored vaping products, e-cigarette
ads targeting youth, and remote cigarette sales. As a cosponsor of this
bill, I look forward to voting in favor of this bill and taking a much-
needed step to mitigate tobacco use among our children.
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