[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 180 (Tuesday, November 12, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1424-E1425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            TRIBUTE TO COLONEL RAYMOND CELESTE, USMC (RET.)

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                         HON. GREGORY F. MURPHY

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 12, 2019

  Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to 
Colonel Raymond Celeste, USMC (Ret.) who has completed twenty-nine 
Marine Corps Marathons here in Washington, D.C. and was recently 
inducted into the Marine Corps Marathon Hall of Fame.

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  In addition to his 26 years of dedicated service to our country as a 
Marine, Ray has diligently served members of the military and veterans 
across the Third District of North Carolina since 2011, originally 
under Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. and continuing on my current 
staff.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in thanking Ray for the work he has 
done and continues to do for the veterans in NC-03 as well as the 
service members stationed at Camp Lejeune, and Marine Corps Air 
Stations Cherry Point and New River.
  Semper-Fi.

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