[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 95 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E805-E806]
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                  HONORING REPRESENTATIVE LESTER WOLFF

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                         HON. THOMAS R. SUOZZI

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 8, 2018

  Mr. SUOZZI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the illustrious 
public service career of former member of this body--Congressman Lester 
Wolff--who will soon be celebrating his 100th birthday.
  In recognition of his monumental contributions to the preservation 
and protection of our environment, especially on Long Island's 
beautiful North Shore, I am proposing the renaming of the Oyster Bay 
National Wildlife

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Refuge to the Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge.
  These precious wetlands, at Congressman Lester Wolff's urging, were 
protected in 1968.
  In 1967, the New York State Legislature--at the insistence of then 
Governor Nelson Rockefeller and master planner Robert Moses--authorized 
a bridge across the Long Island Sound.
  Lester immediately saw that this bridge would despoil the pristine 
and precious resource of the Long Island Sound and soon found himself 
at the center of an enormous political fight.
  Lester eventually won this fight and the Oyster Bay Wildlife Refuge 
was born. Lester's efforts in 1968 are an important part of our 
nation's environmental history.
  I urge my colleagues to support the renaming to the Lester Wolff 
National Wildlife Refuge and I wish Lester a happy 100th year and many 
more.

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