[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5334]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               REMARKS ON TOM OOSTERHOUDT'S 60TH BIRTHDAY

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, I am delighted to wish a happy 
birthday to my good friend and Key West community leader Tom 
Oosterhoudt. This Thursday night, the 15th, Tom will be surrounded by 
many community activists from the Keys to celebrate. Tom will be 
turning 60. He has done so much to improve the Keys way of life. He is 
always a positive and an energetic person. He is a wonderful part of 
Keys life.
  He is the editor and publisher of Conch Color, a magazine for the 
Florida Keys. Tom covers a multitude of events going on every day in 
the Keys, like the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest, the 
Harry Truman Symposium at the Little White House.
  Tom, thanks for covering all the many positive folks who work every 
day to improve the daily woes that Keys residents face: the housing 
shortage, the high cost of living, the unemployment problem, downstairs 
enclosures, high insurance rates. But with your help, with working 
together with leaders like Tom, we can work to improve paradise every 
day.
  Tom, I hope you have a great celebration. I wish that I could be with 
your many friends and family members. You are an outstanding part of 
what makes the Florida Keys such an incredible place. Congratulations.

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