[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 44 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


           HONORING THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN DOUGLAS APPLEGATE

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                           HON. ROBERT W. NEY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 21, 1998

  Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise on behalf of the Members of the 
House of Representatives to honor the former Congressman Douglas 
Applegate. In a ceremony on April 17th, the name of the Steubenville 
Post Office will officially be changed to the Douglas Applegate Post 
Office. The Honorable James A. Traficant, Jr., of the 17th District of 
Ohio sponsored the legislation to name the post office, and it was 
signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 19, 1997.
  Former Congressman Douglas Applegate has been a leader in his 
hometown of Steubenville, Ohio, since graduating from Steubenville High 
School and going onto a career in politics serving the citizens of Ohio 
in the Ohio House of Representatives and later in the Ohio Senate. Mr. 
Applegate was elected to Congress in 1976, and served diligently for 
eighteen years to improve senior citizens, veterans, labor and consumer 
issues.
  Douglas Applegate has proven his commitment to his community and to 
his country and he has worked continuously to make it a better place to 
live.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in thanking the former 
Congressman Douglas Applegate for his thirty-three years of dedication 
as a public servant, and congratulating him. I wish him continued 
success, health and prosperity.

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