[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1424]
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                       A TRIBUTE TO ELDORA GOWING

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, October 25, 2017

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Eldora Gowing of Shenandoah, Iowa, on the very special 
occasion of her 100th birthday.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Eldora'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. Eldora 
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, I am honored to represent Eldora in the United States 
Congress and I'm proud to recognize her today on this momentous 
occasion. I ask that my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives join me in congratulating her on reaching this 
milestone and in wishing her nothing but the best.

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