hampshire, and paul tsongas who was considered by many to be a native son, born and reared in lowell, massachusetts, the first and wasth of the border a douglass college graduate. he was thought of as a hometown boy. the actually won the first in the nation primary in 1992, but bill clinton obviously went on to win the presidency. that was the first time somebody had not won the new hampshire primary and was elected president. 1988 wasrom 1952 to over. that happened only as well in 2000 when john mccain -- subsequently as well in 200 when john mccain won the primary handily and lost the presidency to george bush. in, and wetes come always talk about retail politics in new hampshire. you cannot just come in, land at the airport, give a press conference at the tarmac and a few covered -- think you covered the people of new hampshire. you have to go to berlin, colebrook, about two hours from the manchester airport, our major airport. you have to go around the state and talk to people and ask them what is on their mind, what they are looking for from the federal government. that was one of the reasons

district i have seen the important work that goes on at community health medical center massachusetts. in lowell, lawrence, gardner. in 2016 these facilities and their staff cared for more than 100,000 people. unfortunately, community health centers are facing a funding cliff if the community health septre program is not re-authorized by the end of this year. a lack of funding means too many of my constituents would immediately lose access to care, putting the health of their communities at risk. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work together and make sure this vital program is funded. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska seek recognition? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. bacon: mr. speaker, i rise this morning to democrat commem rate hispanic heritage month by honoring a dedicated community leader from our district, alberto gonzalez, who has worked with the youth of our hispanic community,

paul tsongas, who was considered by many to be a native song son, he was borned and reared in lowell, massachusetts, the first large city south of the new hampshire border in the center of the state, and was a dartmouth college graduate. so he was really thought of as a hometown boy. and he actually won the first-in-the-nation primary in 1992. but bill clinton, obviously, went on to win the presidency, and that was the first time that somebody had not won the new hampshire primary and was elected president. so our run from 1952 to 19888 was over. it happened subsequently as well in 2000 when john mccain won the first-in-the-nation primary handily but then lost the nomination to george w. bush. with we see the new hampshire first-in-the-nation primary as a regular election. the candidates come in, we always talk about retail politics in new hampshire. you can't just come in, land at the airport, give a press conference at the tarmac and think that you've covered talking to the people in new hampshire. .. >> >> by going to all kinds of communities to hold town hall meetings than staying as long as pe

hampshire and paul tsongas was considered by many to be a native son, he was born and reared in lowell massachusetts, first large city south of new hampshire border. and was a college graduate so he was really thought of as the hometown boy and he actually won the first in the nation primary in 1992. but bill clinton obviously went on to win the presidency . and that was the first time that somebody had not one the new hampshire primary and was elected president. so our run from 1952 to 1988 was over. that happened subsequently as well and in 2000 and john mccain one the first in the nation primary handily but then lost the nomination to george w. bush. we see the new hampshire first in the nation primary as a regular election. candidates come in, we always talk about retail politics in new hampshire. you can't just come in, land at the airport, give a press conference at the tarmac and think that you covered talking to the people in new hampshire you have to go to berlin and colebrook and linton which are about two hours from manchester . so you have to go around the state and talk to people and as