[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 JERRY CHOUINARD, A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT

  (Mr. LIVINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, this week marks the end of 35 years of 
public service, 32 years of which were with the House Committee on 
Appropriations for Jerry Chouinard. Jerry has decided to retire from 
the government, and he plans to split his time between consulting and 
traveling.
  He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on June 19, 1943, where he 
graduated from the public schools, and in 1961 he enlisted in the 
United States Army and was stationed in Ethiopia prior to his honorable 
discharge July 1963. Shortly afterward he moved to Washington, D.C., 
and began a career in the Federal Government in the Washington, D.C. 
field office of the United States Secret Service. He was detailed to 
the House Committee on Appropriations in April 1966 where he quickly 
received a staff appointment and began service that lasted for 32 
years. Over this time period he has had various administrative 
positions for the committee culminating with the position of the 
committee's administrative officer.
  In his various capacities, he has worked closely with the committee 
members' offices, helped organize conferences with the Senate, 
coordinated activities with the various 13 subcommittees, organized 
full meetings and just kept the committee on an even keel. One 
testimony to his talent was his ability to know what needed to be done 
before he even thought of it. In a sense he was our Radar O'Reilly.
  As Jerry enters retirement we wish him well as he will now be able to 
see more of his family and his two daughters, Joanna and Alison, and 
his one grandchild, soon to be a second. We wish him good health and 
extend a permanent invitation to him to come through our door to stop 
by and see his friends. We shall always be grateful for his untiring 
work and his unwavering loyalty to the committee and the institution of 
the House of Representatives and his service to the country. Good luck, 
my friend.

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