[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 11, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E958]
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                               SEAN HAYS

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                          HON. DONALD NORCROSS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 11, 2017

  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Senior Chief Petty 
Officer Sean Hays of the United States Coast Guard on the occasion of 
his retirement from active duty.
   Senior Chief Petty Officer Hays was born and raised in Ocean City, 
New Jersey, and in 1997, enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard.
   Following the completion of his U.S. Coast Guard training, Sean Hays 
served the U.S. Coast Guard with distinction, earning promotions, 
honors and greater responsibilities. Sean Hays would serve as Petty 
Officer First Class/Second Class, in which his teams coordinated search 
and rescue missions, conducted narcotics detection, enforced 
immigration laws, managed fisheries, and enforced federal boating laws 
on waterways.
   The U.S. Coast Guard would promote Sean Hays to the rank of Chief 
Petty Officer/Petty Officer First Class and ultimately, Senior Chief 
Petty Officer, the rank he'd earned before and until the time of his 
retirement.
   In his role as Senior Chief Petty Officer, Sean Hays served as 
officer-in-charge and in command of U.S. Coast Guard Station 
Philadelphia, managing personnel and resources relative to maritime law 
enforcement for the Greater Philadelphia Port region.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in thanking Senior Chief Petty 
Officer Sean Hays for decades of commitment to serving and protecting 
the United States of America and its interests, and in wishing him well 
in his retirement.

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