[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 60 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E817-E818]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL CHESTER A. RILEY

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                          HON. BILL C.W. YOUNG

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 29, 1999

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an 
outstanding Marine Corps Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Chester A. Riley 
who has served with distinction for the past three years for the 
Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 
Financial Management and Comptroller as a Principal Assistant and 
Deputy in the Appropriations Matters Office. It is a privilege for me 
to recognize his many outstanding achievements and commend him for the 
superb service he has provided to the Marine Corps, the Department of 
the Navy, the Congress, and our great Nation as a whole.
  During his tenure in the Appropriations Matters Office, which began 
in October of 1996, Lieutenant Colonel Riley has provided members of 
the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense as well as 
our professional and personal staffs with timely and accurate support 
regarding Marine Corps plans, programs and budget decisions. His 
valuable contributions have enabled the Subcommittee and the Department 
of the Navy to strengthen its close working relationship and to ensure 
the most modern, well trained and well equipped naval forces attainable 
for the defense of our great nation.
  Mr. Speaker, Chet Riley and his wife Licia have made many sacrifices 
during his career

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in the Marine Corps and as they embark the next great adventure beyond 
their beloved Corps I call upon my colleagues to wish him every success 
and to thank him for his long, distinguished and ever faithful service 
to God, country and Corps. Semper Fidelis.

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