[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H3261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  CELEBRATING 81ST BIRTHDAY OF FORMER CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM STUCKEY, JR.

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of 
former Congressman William S. Stuckey, Jr.'s 81st birthday today.
  Born in 1935 in Eastman, Georgia, he attended the Georgia Military 
Academy and then graduated from the University of Georgia in 1956.
  For Georgians, he is most known for his time spent in Congress from 
1967 to 1977, serving the Eighth District of Georgia and later the 
Ninth District.
  He went to great lengths to pass legislation that aided coastal 
Georgia's environmental heritage, including a bill that made Cumberland 
Island a national seashore by the United States National Park Service.
  Thanks to Mr. Stuckey, the island is an impressive, well-preserved, 
and secluded maritime force that amazes visitors each year.
  Another environmental bill passed by Mr. Stuckey made the Okefenokee 
Swamp a federally protected wilderness and created trails that visitors 
walk along today.
  I want to thank Mr. Stuckey for his service to Georgia. I wish him a 
very happy birthday.

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