[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 125 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO MARTI MORGAN

  (Mr. MICA asked and was given permission to address theHouse for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I come before theHouse for just one moment to 
announce the passing of one of our staffers, a dear friend, Martha B. 
Morgan, affectionately known as Marti Morgan, who I had the great 
pleasure and honor of working with on the Committee on Government 
Operations, which is now the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight.
  Marti was a professional staffer. She was from New Mexico, I believe, 
and she sat behind me for several years on the Government Reform 
Subcommittee with the gentleman from New York [Mr. Towns] and others, 
and she was truly one of those unsung heroes of this Chamber and of 
this Congress.
  She worked so hard. On the minority side we had very few staff 
members on the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, so she 
used to have to do double duty. But she was always there and did a 
great job and I appreciated her service so much to me and to our 
committee and to our subcommittee.
  And then she joined the majority, as I did, and we cut the staff 
dramatically, eliminated many positions, so our staffers had to work 
even harder. But she was one of those people who cared about this 
Congress and who cared about this country and whose efforts will be 
missed.
  I just want to wish Marti's family my sympathy, express the sympathy 
on behalf of our committee and the subcommittee and this Congress to 
her family and remember her in this hour.

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