May 1, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 71 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E515-E516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING LIEUTENANT DAVID JOHN REZZO

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                       HON. DONALD S. BEYER, JR.

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 1, 2019

  Mr. BEYER. Madam Speaker, our brave men and women of the Armed Forces 
continuously make sacrifices to keep our nation strong and free. Among 
the ranks is Lieutenant David John Rezzo, who I want to recognize today 
for his eight years of service in the United States Navy.
   Lieutenant Rezzo currently serves as a Requirements Officer for 
Undersea Networks in the Pentagon. He entered the United States

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Navy in 2011 and has served in numerous assignments and deployments 
throughout his distinguished career.
   Lieutenant Rezzo has shown not only outstanding leadership skills, 
but also uncommon technical prowess. Over the course of six months as a 
Junior Officer on the USS Charlotte, he safely supervised the entire 
ship watch team during surface and submerged operations and managed the 
maintenance of an attack submarine's mechanical systems. He also 
achieved certification from the United States Department of Energy to 
assume overall responsibility of a US Naval Nuclear Power Plant.
   Since November 2016, Lieutenant Rezzo has led a major revision of 
the Undersea Warfare Division's strategic plan, articulating future 
investment areas to industry, fleet users, program offices and other 
stakeholders with the aim of maintaining undersea dominance. He 
continues to coordinate plans to transition high-end asset programs 
that expand reliable communications throughout the maritime domain.
   Most recently, Lieutenant Rezzo was also working on facilitating a 
$150 million-dollar rapid acquisition effort to expand maritime 
surveillance worldwide in support of a critically important Chief of 
Naval Operations directive.
   Madam Speaker, on behalf of Virginia's Eighth Congressional District 
I commend my constituent, Lieutenant David John Rezzo on his years of 
devoted service to the United States of America and ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in recognizing him.

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