[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                        A TRIBUTE TO PAT RISSLER

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                        HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 7, 1994

  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, as my good friend, the Honorable William Ford 
brings his 30-year tenure in the House to a close, so will Patricia F. 
Rissler, staff director of the Committee on Education and Labor. This 
dedicated and respected administrator will be retiring at the end of 
this session after a long and impressive career of service to the 
Congress.
  Pat began her career as a staff assistant to Representative Neil 
Staebler from Michigan in 1963 and rose through the ranks to become 
staff director of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service in 
1989 and staff director of the Committee on Education and Labor in 
1991.
  Pat has been a key staff member on issues regarding civil service, 
education, and labor. As principal policy and political advisor to 
Chairman William Ford, Pat contributed to numerous legislative 
successes for the Committees on Post Office and Civil Service and 
Education and Labor. Her credits include the development of the Federal 
employees retirement systems, the Workplace Fairness Act, Family and 
Medical Leave, Goals 2000: Educate America Act, National and Community 
Service Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the 
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, women's employment equity 
and civil rights, just to name a few.
  Pat was cited several times by Roll Call newspaper as one of the most 
influential staffers on Capitol Hill and was named runner-up to the 
Ultimate Hill Climber in 1993.
  Pat Rissler is one of the most effective administrators I have every 
known. I have very high regard for her professional judgment and keen 
political insight. Moreover, she is candid, impartial, and trustworthy.
  I express my deep gratitude to Pat for her outstanding assistance and 
wish her much success in the future. I am confident that she will be 
productive and resourceful in any endeavor she pursues.

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