On the recordJuly 13, 2016
Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Cleone Creque. ``Cle,'' as many of us call her, was the first female in the Virgin Islands to be elected to territorywide office after she was elected Senator-at-Large in the Virgin Islands Legislature in 1976. This past weekend, the legislative annex conference room in St. John was named in her honor. During her legislative career, she held key leadership positions on important Committees on Welfare, Health, and Labor. Aside from her distinguished legacy as a political stalwart and advocate for less fortunate in her community, she is a nurse, a mother, and a businesswoman, and she speaks her mind. She is a positive and inspirational role model for Caribbean women, for all women, and she is my friend and my mentor. Happy Birthday to Gloria Joseph
