Michelle Wu: “I rise today as the sponsor of H.R. 2643, the Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act. I am joined by my colleague…”

“I rise today as the sponsor of H.R. 2643, the Fort Clatsop National Memorial Expansion Act. I am joined by my colleague, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Baird), who is an original cosponsor of the bill. It has taken a lot of hands to bring this bill to the floor today and I would like to thank the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) and the ranking member, the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall) of the Committee on Resources, and from the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands, the gentleman from California (Mr. Radanovich) and the ranking member, the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Mrs. Christensen). Closer to home, I would also like to thank Willamette Industries for its cooperation in making this bill possible and Willamette Industries' successor in interest, Weyerhauser. Without the cooperation of these two Northwest businesses and their employees and executives, we would not be here today with a successful bill. And even closer to home, I would very much like to recognize the hard work and diligence of Cameron Johnson on our staff who has worked on this bill since his first day as a staffer on Capitol Hill. And I would also like to recognize his predecessor Bill Minor, who unfortunately has gone to the University of Washington for law school. But Bill is from Astoria, Oregon, and Fort Clatsop is literally in his back yard. Fort Clatsop is the western terminus of the Lewis and Clark expedition.”