HIGHLIGHTING CORRECTIONS OFFICERS AND STAFF AT FCC ALLENWOOD AND USP LEWISBURG AS PA-12 COVID-19 HEROES; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 130
(House of Representatives - July 23, 2020)
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HIGHLIGHTING CORRECTIONS OFFICERS AND STAFF AT FCC ALLENWOOD AND USP
LEWISBURG AS PA-12 COVID-19 HEROES
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Keller) for 5 minutes.
Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the work of the
outstanding corrections officers and staff at FCC Allenwood and USP
Lewisburg during the COVID-19 pandemic and recognize them as PA-12
COVID-19 heroes.
Prior to and during the pandemic, the corrections officers at these
two facilities, located within Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional
District, stepped up in a big way.
These dedicated men and women went to work every day, overseeing
Federal inmates, many of whom had been moved across State lines to
Central Pennsylvania. In the face of these unprecedented challenges,
our corrections officers took on expanded responsibility at great
personal risk.
These corrections officers and staff at USP Lewisburg and FCC
Lewisburg answered the call and they deployed to other BOP hotspot
facilities to assist with diminished staffing capacities due to COVID-
19.
Answering the ongoing call to duty, USP Lewisburg was asked to step
up in a big way when storms destroyed portions of FCI Estill in South
Carolina, requiring nearly 1,000 new inmates to be moved from that
facility to Central Pennsylvania.
For dealing with unprecedented challenges under pressing conditions
and answering the call to duty, it makes me proud to recognize the
corrections officers and staff at FCC Allenwood and USP Lewisburg as
PA-12 COVID-19 heroes.
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Recognizing Orrstown Bank as a PA-12 COVID-19 Hero
Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, for their work in facilitating paycheck
protection loans for small businesses across Pennsylvania's 12th
Congressional District, I recognize Orrstown Bank as a PA-12 COVID-19
hero.
Enacted as part of the CARES Act, and later replenished due to its
success, the Paycheck Protection Program has been a tremendous asset to
small businesses and their employees across the country, and the
employees were able to stay employed.
In April, to highlight the success of the program, Orrstown Bank's
Executive Vice President, Luke Bernstein, I was welcomed to the White
House to discuss the bank's work in processing and facilitating loans.
Asked to facilitate loans with little Federal red tape and even less
notice in order to help our economy survive this terrible virus, banks
like Orrstown have been instrumental in keeping America employed and
small businesses operating. I thank them for their work and again
recognize them as a PA-12 COVID-19 hero.
Recognizing Penn State University as a PA-12 COVID-19 Hero
Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, Penn State University is undoubtedly a PA-12
COVID-19 hero.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State University, one of the
world's best research institutions, put their assets to use in a new
way. They scoured their campuses and schools for personal protective
equipment that might be used in research or other academic endeavors
and found 10,000 pieces of PPE they donated to local hospitals to aid
in the fight against COVID-19.
Not only that, but Penn State put their academic skills to practice
by partnering with local businesses in the State College area to use 3D
printing to make PPE for smaller healthcare providers and nursing
homes.
While President Trump and his administration worked to make sure our
hospitals and healthcare providers had what they needed to meet the
surge capacity and combat COVID-19, critical community partners like
Penn State helped to meet the need.
For their work in providing needed PPE supplies, Penn State
University is recognized as a PA-12 COVID-19 hero.
Recognizing Lewistown Printworks as a PA-12 COVID-19 Hero
Mr. KELLER. Mr. Speaker, Lewistown Printworks is a central
Pennsylvania small business that is undoubtedly a PA-12 COVID-19 hero.
Lewistown Printworks is a small business in Mifflin County,
Pennsylvania, that experienced the struggles of operating a small
business through the COVID-19 pandemic. This small, family-owned
business saw an opportunity to help others. In their ``Support Small''
project, Michelle and Caleb Fetter, the owners of this small, family-
owned business, asked local businesses for logos that could be printed
on T-shirts. Those T-shirts were then sold as part of an online
fundraiser with $20 of each sale going to local businesses whose logo
was on the shirt. As of mid-May, the project earned $5,300 for local
businesses to help them weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
For their ingenuity, resourcefulness, and generous spirit, Michelle
and Caleb Fetter of Lewistown Printworks are recognized as being PA-12
COVID-19 heroes.
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