[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E109]
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                      TRIBUTE TO VERONICA FENNELL

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 29, 2018

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Veronica Fennell of Council Bluffs, Iowa on the very 
special occasion of her 100th birthday. Veronica was born on November 
12, 1917.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Veronica'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. Veronica 
has lived through eighteen United States Presidents and twenty-five 
Governors of Iowa. In her lifetime, the population of the United States 
has more than tripled.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Veronica in the United 
States Congress and it is my pleasure to wish her a very happy 100th 
birthday. I ask that my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives join me in congratulating Veronica on reaching this 
incredible milestone, and in wishing her even more health and happiness 
in the years to come.

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