[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1388-E1389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO RUTH SUMP

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 19, 2017

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Ruth Sump of Clarinda, Iowa on the occasion of her 101st 
birthday. Ruth was born on March 1, 1916.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Ruth'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

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fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of Soviet communism and 
witnessed the birth of new democracies. Ruth 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.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Ruth in the United States 
Congress and it is my pleasure to wish her a very happy 101st birthday. 
I ask that my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives 
join me in congratulating Ruth on reaching this incredible milestone, 
and in wishing her nothing but the best.

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