[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H3335-H3336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    FAIRWELL TO MARIAN VAN DEN BERG

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I want to say that today the official 
reporters of debates, the reporters who chronicle all 
[[Page H3336]] the proceedings on this floor, say farewell, farewell to 
a valued member of their staff, and of ours.
  For the past 17 years, Marian Van Den Berg has been a transcriber 
with the official reporters. As we all know, working with the official 
reporters is not a 9-to-5 job. It often entails long hours, demands 
devotion far beyond that called for with ordinary jobs, and requires a 
high degree of competence. Marian has met all these criteria and more. 
She has been an outstanding, hard-working, always cheerful, always 
devoted member of our staff.
  She is now leaving to pursue a new career.
  Marian is a native of Annapolis, MD, I tell my friend, Mr. Gilchrest, 
one of his constituents. The daughter of champion swimmers, her mother 
was a swimmer of Olympic caliber. Marian herself lives near the bay in 
Annapolis and has had a lifelong love of the water and water 
activities.
  She attended the University of Maryland, and then Strayer Business 
College and Strayer School of Court Reporting. While living in 
California, she worked at IBM. At home in Annapolis, she worked at the 
Naval Academy.
  In addition to her work with the reporters, Marian worked 2 years 
with Representative Clark Thompson of Texas.
  Her children are Susan and Rick, son-in-law, Tom, and she is the 
loving and proud grandmother of young Patrick--whose picture she shows 
at every opportunity.
  Marian loves music of all kinds, is a jazz aficionado, is especially 
devoted to rock and roll, and plays a mean piano, I am told.
  This exemplary employee of the House of Representatives will be 
greatly missed by her colleagues and by each and every Member of the 
House of Representatives and the American public whom she serves. 
Marian has touched the hearts of everyone who has had the good fortune 
to meet her and to work with her.
  Marian, there are just a few of us on the floor, but if you would 
please rise we would like to give you a hand and thank you so much for 
all you have done for all of us.
  Marian, God bless you and Godspeed.
  

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