[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E774]
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                       TRIBUTE TO ERMA CLEVELAND

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2018

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Erma Cleveland of Oakland, Iowa on the occasion of her 
100th birthday. Erma celebrated her birthday on May 12, 2018.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Erma'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. Erma 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 Erma 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 House of Representatives join me in 
congratulating Erma on reaching this incredible milestone, and wishing 
her even more health and happiness in the years to come.

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