On the recordJuly 28, 2015
I join my other colleagues from Arkansas, Maine, and Texas, who have stood here today in recognition of Pratt & Whitney aircraft. I am proud to say, however, that the headquarters for Pratt & Whitney aircraft is in East Hartford, Connecticut, where we keep the eagle flying. My father, my mother, during the Second World War, my brother, all worked at Pratt & Whitney aircraft. It continues to be not only the arsenal for democracy for this great Nation of ours, but a center of innovation and technology where we not only keep the eagle flying, but we also provide opportunities for jobs well beyond these 90 years. Pratt & Whitney alone, as a corporation, provides an education for every single one of its employees and not only pays for that education, it buys them the books and provides the time off to study so they can continue to do what they have always done, build dependable engines and be an excellent model of corporate behavior and continue to keep the eagle flying both in this country and around the globe. ____________________
