May 20, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 95 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages S2547-S2548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO MYRON LEPP

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, I want to honor the half century of 
distinguished Federal service of a remarkable North Dakota man who is 
retiring at the end of May.
  Myron Lepp has been the administrative program director for the North 
Dakota office of USDA Rural Development for the past 13 years. He took 
this position after 37 years in the military, retiring as a full 
colonel. In these 50 years of service, Myron has brought knowledge, 
intelligence and dedication to everything he has undertaken.
  He began his military service in 1971 and became a commissioned 
officer in 1976. Myron served in the North Dakota National Guard as 
director of information management for 12 years and later held other 
positions such as chief of staff for the adjutant general, State 
director of maintenance, and joint forces logistics director. In his 
final 2 years in the military, he was the national command logistics 
inspector for the National Guard Readiness Center in Washington, DC, 
traveling every other week to conduct combat readiness inspections at 
all State Army National Guard units
  Myron brought this invaluable background to the USDA Rural 
Development office, giving exemplary guidance to the crucial work this 
agency does to support our rural communities in North Dakota. His 
lifelong background in farming and ranching enhanced this work. Myron 
has raised crops such as wheat, oats, and corn, and he has a cow/calf 
operation near his hometown of Lehr.
  I came to appreciate Myron's dedication and professional expertise 
when we worked together on North Dakota's Roughrider Honor Flight 
program. As president of this program, Myron oversaw the work of many 
dedicated

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volunteers who organized five flights for 500 veterans to visit the 
National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.
  The profound impact Myron Lepp has made over these 50 years to 
enhance the military and agricultural strength of North Dakota will 
never be adequately measured. We can only thank him for this service, 
which I want to do here on behalf of all North Dakotans. I congratulate 
him on his well-earned retirement and wish him many years of health and 
happiness in the future.

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