[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8754]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MAYOR MARIA LOWE

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                          HON. DAVID W. JOLLY

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 14, 2016

  Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize Mayor Maria Lowe, the 
mayor of St. Pete Beach, who will be stepping down at the end of this 
year.
  Mayor Lowe was elected in 2014. Prior to becoming mayor, she 
graduated from West Point, served in the Afghan War, and received her 
MBA from George Washington University. She is also an active member of 
our community serving as a full-time community volunteer, a systems 
engineer, a member of the Pass-a-Grille Women's Club, and part of the 
Historic Preservation Board.
  She has decided that her time as Mayor has come to an end, and will 
be relinquishing her post at the end of this year. She will be working 
with her husband at the American Battle Monuments Commission, which 
tends graves of fallen soldiers worldwide. The headquarters are in 
Paris, so she and the family will be moving there, primarily 
maintaining the U.S. cemetery for military personnel near Normandy, 
France. While she will miss St. Pete Beach, she is very proud to be 
doing her patriotic duty.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mayor Maria Lowe for her service to St. 
Pete Beach and Pinellas County. I also am proud that she will continue 
to be doing a great service for us as a community and nation abroad. I 
ask that this body join me in recognizing Mayor Maria Lowe's 
accomplishments and we wish her the best of luck in her future 
endeavors.

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