House Proceeding 01-26-09 on Jan 26th, 2009 :: 0:34:35 to 0:36:35
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Jerry McNerney: the of west new york and the office of the mayors and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois. >> madam sp yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, a member of the aviation subcommittee, mr. mcnerney. the speaker pro tempore: mr. mcnerney is recognized for two minutes. mr. mcnerney: i thank the

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Speech By: Jerry McNerney

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Jerry McNerney: gentleman from illinois and i rise this evening to add my voice to the chorus of praise for captain sullenberger, who on january 15 safely set down a u.s. airways flight 1549 on the icy waters of the hudson river. captain sullenberger is a graduate of the united states air force academy and spent

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Jerry McNerney: years as an air force pilot before going to u.s. airways. he was always a proponent of safety and training. captain sullenberger wasn't one who looked for trouble, but he was one who was ready when trouble came. and on january 15, trouble found captain sullenberger and flight

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Jerry McNerney: captain sullenberger and the crew of flight 1549 were ready with less than two minutes, the time that i'm speaking here right now, made critical decisions and safely set down the plane on the hudson river. because of the heroic action of captain sullenberger and the crew of flight 1549, 155

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Jerry McNerney: american citizens are home safe with their families tonight. there wasn't one fatality, not one critical injury. this saturday, ptain sullenberger's home town of danville, california, and my congressional district, more than 5,000 people came out in a

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Jerry McNerney: dark, windy, cool day, damp day, to give praise and to give honor to captain sullenberger. and he, captain sullenberger, is a true american hero. he's not an action figure from movie. he's a true american hero.