[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6813]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    A TRIBUTE TO TRESSA BARTHOLOMEW

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 5, 2011

  Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today congratulate Tressa Bartholomew 
of Carlisle, Iowa on recently celebrating her 106th birthday on March 
30, 2011. Today she has four children, thirteen grandchildren, 29 
great-grandchildren, and 43 great-great-grandchildren.
  There have been many changes that have occurred during the past one 
hundred and six years. Since Tressa's birth we have revolutionized air 
travel and walked on the moon. We have invented the television and the 
Internet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of 
Soviet communism and the birth of new democracies. Tressa has lived 
through nineteen United States Presidents and twenty-five Governors of 
Iowa. In her lifetime the population of the United States has more than 
tripled.
  I congratulate Tressa Bartholomew for reaching this milestone of a 
birthday. I am extremely honored to represent her in Congress and I 
wish her happiness and health in her future years.

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