[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12225]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                         TRIBUTE TO DIANE WATTS

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 22, 2015

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Diane Watts on the celebration of her 100th birthday. Vera 
will be celebrating her 100th birthday today July 22nd, 2015.
  Our world has changed a great deal during the course of Diane's life. 
Since her birth, we have revolutionized air travel and walked on the 
moon. We have invented the television, cellular phones and the 
internet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of 
Soviet communism and witnessed the birth of new democracies. Diane has 
lived through seventeen United States Presidents and twenty-four 
Governors of Iowa. In her lifetime, the population of the United States 
has more than tripled.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Diane in the United States 
Congress and it is my pleasure to wish her a very happy 100th birthday. 
I invite my colleagues in the House to join me in congratulating her on 
reaching this incredible milestone, and wishing her even more health 
and happiness in the years to come.




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