[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 95 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RENAMING THE OYSTER BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TO THE CONGRESSMAN 
                 LESTER WOLFF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

  (Mr. SUOZZI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SUOZZI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the illustrious 
public service career of a 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 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 had, at the 
insistence of then-Governor Nelson Rockefeller and master planner 
Robert Moses, authorized a bridge across the Long Island Sound.
  Lester immediately saw this bridge would spoil the pristine and 
precious resource of the Long Island Sound, and soon found himself at 
the center of an enormous political fight. Lester won, 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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