[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                  WETLANDS INSTITUTE 50TH ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker, the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, 
south Jersey, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.
  For half a century, the Wetlands Institute has been providing south 
Jersey and its community with programs that work toward conserving our 
wetlands and our coastal systems.
  This institute was founded on the belief that those living in coastal 
communities should be educated about how to keep themselves and their 
environments protected, and they have been fulfilling that goal for the 
last 50 years.
  Our oceans and our coasts are changing, and places like the Wetlands 
Institute are vital in teaching us how to protect the wildlife affected 
by these changes.
  I thank all those who work at the institute for all they have done 
for the past 50 years. They are teaching the scientists and the 
environmentalists of the future, and I know they will continue to 
enhance our community and all of our communities into the future.
  New Jersey, south Jersey, and the United States of America is proud 
of them. They have always been on the cutting edge, and I know they 
will continue to be.

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