[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 179 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1761]
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                     TRIBUTE TO MARGARET FLETCHALL

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 10, 2015

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Margaret Fletchall on the celebration of her 102nd 
birthday. Margaret celebrated her 102nd birthday on October 31, 2015 in 
Mount Ayr, Iowa.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Margaret'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. Margaret 
has lived through seventeen United States Presidents and twenty-four 
Governors of Iowa. In her lifetime, the population of the United States 
has more than tripled.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Margaret in the United 
States Congress and it is my pleasure to wish her a very happy 102nd 
birthday. I invite my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in congratulating Margaret for reaching this 
incredible milestone, and wishing her even more health and happiness in 
the years to come.

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