[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 194 (Thursday, December 5, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         HONORING ANGELA McSHAN

  (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. Madam Speaker, I would like to join the United States 
Coast Guard in welcoming the recently commissioned U.S. Coast Guard 
cutter Angela McShan. The ship is part of a new fleet of cutters that 
boasts short response times and larger vessels, which will help patrol 
the coast from south Jersey all the way down to the Caribbean.
  This cutter was named after the late Master Chief Angela McShan, who 
served the Coast Guard for over 20 years, and she was the first Black 
woman to earn the title of master chief petty officer.
  The cutter was commissioned with the help of McShan's seven brothers 
and sisters in boarding the cutter for the first time and raising the 
flag so the ship could set sail.
  I am excited to see the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May 
flourish with the upgrade of the new cutter, and I am honored to have a 
hero like Angela McShan watching over our officers from heaven.
  Madam Speaker, we are proud of Angela McShan. We are proud of the 
Coast Guard, both in the United States of America and in south Jersey.

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