[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 87 (Friday, May 19, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E673]
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                       TRIBUTE TO MAXINE MARTENS

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 19, 2017

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Ms. Maxine Martens on the occasion of her 100th birthday. 
Maxine, along with her family and friends, celebrated on April 24th.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Maxine'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. Maxine has 
lived through eighteen 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 Maxine Martens 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 of Representatives to 
join me in congratulating Maxine on reaching this incredible milestone, 
and in wishing her even more health and happiness in the years to come.

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