[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H2670-H2671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING BILLY MOUNGER

  (Mr. GUEST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of a great 
Mississippian. Billy Mounger helped shape the landscape of State and 
national politics.
  He helped build the Mississippi Republican Party from an almost 
nonexistent political group to a party with a supermajority in the 
State legislature that holds all statewide elected positions and five 
out of six of Mississippi's seats in the United States House and United 
States Senate.
  He also served as Mississippi's chairman at the 1976 Republican 
convention for someone who would later become one of the greatest 
Presidents in our lifetime: Ronald Reagan.
  Billy Mounger's dedication extended beyond politics, as he led in a 
variety of community interests. From the United States Military 
academies and his alma mater of West Point to the International Ballet 
Competition, he excelled in building institutions to serve the people 
around him.
  Our State and our Nation will benefit for generations to come, thanks 
to the life well lived by Billy Mounger.

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