[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 25, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H7672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CONGRATULATING R.D. KINSEY

  (Mr. HILL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate my good friend, 
R.D. Kinsey, on becoming the first African American to be elected as 
commander of the American Legion Department of Arkansas.
  Kinsey is a Vietnam-era veteran of the Air Force and a retired 
Federal civil service employee. He is the founding member of American 
Legion Post 74 and has been the post commander every year since that 
founding in 2004. He decided to step down this spring to seek the State 
commander's position.
  He previously served as the vice chairman of the National Legislative 
Council of Arkansas and held numerous appointments on the National 
Legislative Commission. He is a member of the City of Sherwood Civil 
Service Commission and is the founding president of the Sherwood 
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association.
  I am proud of my friend, Commander R.D. Kinsey, who has proven his 
devotion to community and our State and veterans. He will be a great 
leader for Arkansas' American Legion.

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