Gary Peters: “I represent a community that has an unemployment rate well in excess of 20 percent.”

It now has state of the art equipment there to train crews on how to clean up oil spills, so we don’t have to wait two weeks for a submersible. It can be there like in an hour and a half, it’s very close. We’re gaining the expertise there…

Making sure we can recruit and retain highly skilled professionals for this essential workforce will improve railway safety in communities across the country.

I feel deeply honored to receive this recognition and I’m thrilled to celebrate this new community space alongside residents and partners.

Commercial satellites are essential to our national security, our economy, and the daily lives of Americans, so we must ensure they are not vulnerable to attacks from cybercriminals and foreign adversaries.