[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1553]
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                   A TRIBUTE TO JEANETTE THORSBAKKEN

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 19, 2012

  Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate 
Jeanette Thorsbakken on the recent celebration of her 100th birthday. 
Jeanette celebrated a century of life yesterday, September 18th, 2012.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Jeanette's 
life. Since her birth, we have revolutionized air travel and walked on 
the moon. We have invented the television, cellular phones and the 
internet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of 
Soviet communism and witnessed the birth of new democracies. Jeanette 
has lived through eighteen United States Presidents and twenty-two 
Governors of Iowa. In her lifetime, the population of the United States 
has more than tripled.
  Today, Jeanette resides in Story City, Iowa where she likes to spend 
her time playing solitaire on the computer and assembling jigsaw 
puzzles. Jeanette also greatly enjoys visits with her family and 
sharing stories of the many changes she has witnessed in her life.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Jeanette in the United 
States Congress and it is my pleasure to wish her a very happy 100th 
birthday. I invite my colleagues in the House to join me in 
congratulating Ms. Thorsbakken on reaching this incredible milestone, 
and wishing her even more health and happiness in the years to come.

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