[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 31511]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO RONALD AND JENNIFER MILNE

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 14, 2007

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Ronald and 
Jennifer Milne, residents of Perry, Iowa, on recently becoming United 
States citizens.
  Both Ronald and Jennifer are originally from Scotland. Ronald was 
naturalized on June 29, 2007, in Des Moines, while Jennifer was later 
naturalized on September 17, 2007 in West Branch, Iowa. The long 
journey to U.S. citizenship began in the late 1980's when their son was 
attending Dartmouth College and later married an American woman. Their 
daughter also came to America and eventually married an American. After 
Ronald and Jennifer made several trips to the United States to visit 
their children, they decided they wanted to be close to their family 
and move to America.
  After years of filling out forms, interviews with the American 
Embassy, waiting for the processing of their papers, passing the 
American History test, and paying naturalization fees, Ronald and 
Jennifer's citizenship was finally granted.
  The Milne's love for their family and for this country is extremely 
admirable, and I commend Ronald and Jennifer for all their hard work 
and commitment to becoming citizens of our country. I am extremely 
honored to represent the Milnes in the U.S. Congress and I know that I 
can speak for all of my colleagues here in officially welcoming them as 
American citizens. I wish Ronald, Jennifer and their family all the 
best as Americans and Iowans.

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