[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              TRIBUTE TO MALL CHANEY ON HER 75TH BIRTHDAY

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 24, 2018

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
person of great merit on the occasion of her 75th birthday. It is often 
stated that the United States is great because it is a nation of 
immigrants. Mr. Speaker, I would agree with this statement with the 
addition of the word legal in front of immigrants. Mall Chaney is an 
example of such a person who worked within the law to become a citizen 
of the United States. I understand that it is not an easy task.
   Mall was born in Estonia in 1943 in the middle of World War II. At 
that time Estonia was in peril at the hands of Russia as well as 
Germany. However, it was her parents' concern about Russia that caused 
them to flee. Russia had seized her mother's brother and sent him to 
Siberia never to be heard from again. As a professional chemist, Mall's 
father feared being pressed into Russia's weapons development program 
or much worse.
   When Mall was about six months old the family consisting of her 
mother, father, and sister fled under cover of night with basically 
nothing but the clothes on their backs. The family spent several years 
in a Swedish refugee camp and then in the general population of Sweden. 
In 1951 Mall and her family were sponsored by a family friend from 
Canada and were able to migrate to Canada.
   Mall lived in Canada until she married John Chaney, a resident of 
Florida, in 1982. Mall became a U.S. citizen and has paid homage to the 
United States by respecting our laws, becoming a respected and loved 
member of the community, the state of Florida, and the country.
   Happy Birthday Mall, and best wishes.

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