[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9611]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CELEBRATING THE PENNSYLVANIA MARINE CORPS LEAGUE

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 
recognition of the Pennsylvania Marine Corps League. The organization 
will hold its 71st annual department convention later this week in 
State College, located in Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional District.
  Mr. Speaker, the Marine Corps League was founded by Major General 
John A. Lejeune in 1923 and chartered by an act of Congress on August 
4, 1937. Today, the Marine Corps League has a membership of more than 
50,000 men and women and is comprised of honorably discharged, Active 
Duty, and Reserve Marines, including both officers and enlisted men and 
women.
  I have the deepest respect for the accomplishments of the U.S. Marine 
Corps over the course of our Nation's history. The Corps was founded on 
November 10, 1775, and since then, those who have served as marines 
have shared the unyielding commitment to protecting the lives of 
American citizens and the interests of our Nation.
  Marines have served our Nation bravely since before the start of the 
American Revolution, proving their courage from the shores of Tripoli 
to the island of Iwo Jima and, in recent actions, in places such as 
Iraq and Afghanistan.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank all the men and women from Pennsylvania and 
across our Nation who have served as United States Marines.

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