[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                       TRIBUTE TO IDAMAE GARROTT

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                       HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 28, 1994

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, Maryland State Senator Idamae Garrott has 
recently announced she will not seek re-election when her term expires 
this year. I would like to take this opportunity to express my 
congratulations and best wishes to Senator Garrott, for her more than 
25 years of public service to the people of Montgomery County and the 
State of Maryland.
  Senator Garrott was elected to the House of Delegates in 1978, and 
served in the House until being elected to the State Senate in 1986, 
where she is currently serving her second term. I had the great honor 
of serving with her during our 8 years in the House of Delegates. She 
was a conscientious, caring legislator with a vast knowledge of 
Montgomery County and Maryland. As a State senator, Senator Garrott has 
been the vice chair of the Montgomery County Senate Delegation, and 
senate chair of both the Joint Committee on Federal Relations and of 
the Advisory Committee on Federal-State-Local Relations. Prior to 
serving in Annapolis, she served on the Montgomery County Council from 
1966-74, including a stint in 1971 as president.
  She has also served as the first chairman of the Solid Waste 
Management Agency of Metropolitan Washington, the president of the 
Council of Governments, a member of the METRO Board, chairman of the 
Washington Suburban Transit Commission, and president of the Montgomery 
County League of Women Voters.
  In 1967, she led the battle to establish fair housing in Montgomery 
County. While a member of the general assembly, Senator Garrott 
sponsored many important bills such as the child safety seat 
legislation and banning of corporal punishment in Maryland public 
schools, the promotion of animal welfare, prohibition of discrimination 
against the elderly in housing, and various environmental measures.
  On May 1, a luncheon is planned to honor the senator for her 
distinguished achievements for the people of Maryland. Please join me 
today in thanking Senator Garrott for her commitment to the State of 
Maryland and in wishing her continued success in her future endeavors.

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