John Kuhl: “This amendment would name part of Interstate I-86 in Upstate New York around the community called Corning, New York…”

“This amendment would name part of Interstate I-86 in Upstate New York around the community called Corning, New York, which is currently known as the Corning Bypass, after my predecessor, the former gentleman from New York, Congressman Amo Houghton, who retired from Congress just this last year. The amendment is identical to H.R. 795, a bill I introduced along with 108 co-sponsors in this House to name that section of I-86 the Amo Houghton Bypass. Amo was elected, as many of you may know, to represent the 34th Congressional District way back in 1986, and was sworn in as a Member of the 100th class and then reelected to each succeeding Congress. Amo was known to just about everyone in this Chamber as a man of principle, statesmanship, patriotism, moderation, bipartisanship, and perhaps most notably civility. It will surprise no one that Amo was a Boy Scout as a child. He then started his lifelong career in the public service by volunteering as a Marine during World War II.”