[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 10 (Monday, February 7, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                        TRIBUTE TO EVA CORRALES

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                       HON. WALTER R. TUCKER III

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, February 7, 1994

  Mr. TUCKER. Mr. Speaker, when my constituents sent me here to 
represent them as a Member of this distinguished body, there were many 
who came to me to give me advice on how to staff my office, they said 
that as a new Member of Congress I would need an experienced, seasoned 
staff, stocked full of veterans who knew the lay of the land both in 
Washington and in my district.
  Mr. Speaker, my office received thousands of resumes. They came one 
after the other, box after box, wave after wave. I was faced with the 
onerous task of sifting through a massive mound of expensive bond 
paper. Thousands of resumes, Mr. Speaker, to fill 22 positions. Pieces 
of paper with no face and personality. After a while they all began to 
look alike. So I broke with tradition and hired a staff, not with a lot 
of experience, but a staff full of people who I knew and trusted. 
Persons who I had worked with and persons who had my best interest at 
heart.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor one of those people, Ms. Eva 
Corrales, one of my field representatives. This young women exemplifies 
the concepts of loyalty, dedication, and hard work. She is both an 
asset to my staff and a treasure to her community, and this great 
Nation. All too often, Mr. Speaker, we hear about the negative things 
that our young people are doing. We hear about the lost generation of 
American youth. Well, Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of our 
young people who is not lost, but very much on the right track.
  Eva Corrales, I salute you and I ask that the rest of my colleagues 
in the Congress of the United States of America join me in doing the 
same.

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