His efforts are greatly appreciated by all the members of the USWA.

This selfless dedication is something that should be recognized, praised and encouraged in our communities today.

I rise today to honor one of the USWA's most respected leaders, Frank Vickers.

Over the past 30 years, Frank Vickers has dedicated his life to work extremely hard for the Steel Workers of Ohio.

I rise today to honor the memory of Father John Wilson. Father Wilson was a former diocesan director of the deaf Apostolate, a longtime pastor of St. Timothy Church in Garfield Heights and was a chaplain for ten years at St. Edward Home in…

My fellow colleagues, please join me in honoring this great man, Father Wilson. He will be greatly missed.

Mr. Speaker, today I rise, as a Croatian-American, to join my fellow brothers and sisters in honor of the ninth anniversary of Croatian Statehood Day.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Greek Independence Day, March 25th.

It is absolutely essential that the appropriations continue and our cycle of appropriations continue on this.

Mr. Kucinich. Mr. Chairman, one other point. Mayor Jeleppets and I put together a bipartisan coalition which was extraordinarily successful because it had the only agreement of its kind in the whole country.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I would like to begin by introducing, to my right, Mayor Stanley Trupo of the City of Berea and, to my left, the Y director of the City of Bay Village, Gary Ebert.