[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 18 (Friday, February 9, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ON 
                  THE OCCASION OF ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

 Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate the 
National Association of Retired Federal Employees on its 75 years of 
service to our public servants and our communities.
  NARFE has protected the rights and retirement benefits of Federal 
employees and their widows now for three quarters of a century. In that 
cause they have grown from 14 members to an organization of half a 
million members with 53 State federations and more than 1,740 active 
local chapters in the United States, Puerto Rico, Panama, the 
Philippines, and Guam.
  In my own State of Michigan, the city of Dearborn is home to area 
chapter 1515, with 975 members of NARFE. These fine people contribute 
to the community, not only by fulfilling their official duties, but 
through their many acts of good citizenship, charity, and public-
spirited voluntaism.
  In recognition of the National Association of Retired Federal 
Employees' service to its members, to the public at large, and to the 
many communities in which its members live and participate in public 
life, I would invite my colleagues to join me in recognizing February 
19, 1996, NARFE's 75th anniversary, as National Association of Retired 
Federal Employees Day.

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