[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 55 (Thursday, May 1, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3898-S3899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE FOR PATTY MCNALLY, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT PROTOCOL 
                                OFFICER

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I rise today to express the deep gratitude 
of the Senate to Ms. Patty McNally, Executive Assistant and Protocol 
Officer in the sergeant at arms' office, who is retiring after more 
than 20 years of dedicated public service in the Senate.

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  As the chief protocol staffer in the sergeant at arms office, Patty's 
responsibilities have included coordinating joint sessions of Congress, 
swearing-in ceremonies, serving many long hours as the Sergeant at Arms 
representative on the Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee, and the 
more somber occasions of state funerals. Patty also was responsible for 
making the protocol and security arrangements for the numerous visits 
to the Senate heads of states and other dignitaries from around the 
world.
  In 1987, Patty played an important part in the making of Senate 
history, as she arranged and coordinated the transportation of the 
Senate delegation to Philadelphia to participate in a very special 
joint session of Congress that commemorated the bicentennial of the 
Constitution.
  Mr. President, Patty has made substantial contributions to this 
institution and in the celebration of democracy. Today, we celebrate 
her contribution and wish her the very best in her new life with her 
family and friends, and we will envy the view from her home of the 
Nubble Light House.

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