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

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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 no 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, Mr. Tyrone D. 
Bland, my new director of field operations. This young man exemplifies 
the concepts of loyalty, dedication, and hard work. He is both an asset 
to my staff and a treasure to his 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.
  Tyrone D. Bland, 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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