[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15861]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATING ELISE WARDEL

  (Mrs. LOVE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mrs. LOVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Elise Wardel, 
who became a U.S. citizen last week in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Like many others, Elise came to Utah to attend one of our quality 
universities. She has now worked hard, paid taxes, and contributed to 
Utah's close-knit society and a thriving economy for more than 11 
years. She has worked through some difficult processes, becoming 
naturalized, for more than 2\1/2\ years.
  She and her husband, Adam, are expecting their first child this 
coming April and are grateful to raise their child here in the land of 
the free and the land of opportunity. I am grateful to count her among 
my newest constituents and extend her and Adam my best wishes.
  People like Elise enrich our Nation. I am proud of them for taking 
the required steps to become U.S. citizens. I believe that Congress 
must do its job so that Elise and many others, like my father, can 
enter our Nation through the front door.
  As the child of immigrant parents, I welcome all of Utah's new 
American citizens and pledge to work hard so that they can have access 
to the American Dream like I have.

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