[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E239]
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                       TRIBUTE TO CLEO HAWTHORNE

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 2018

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Cleo Hawthorne of Atlantic, Iowa, on the very special 
occasion of celebrating his 105th birthday on December 31, 2017.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Cleo's life. 
Since his 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. Cleo has 
lived through nineteen United States Presidents and twenty-four 
Governors of Iowa. In his lifetime, the population of the United States 
has more than tripled.
  Mr. Speaker, I am honored to represent Cleo in the United States 
Congress and I'm proud to recognize him today on this momentous 
occasion. I ask that my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives join me in congratulating him and in wishing nothing 
but the best.

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