[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 26, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. BRENDA BRYANT ON HER RETIREMENT

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                            HON. MAC COLLINS

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 26, 1999

  Mr. COLLINS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise on the occasion of the 
retirement of Ms. Brenda Bryant from the General Electric Corporation. 
Ms. Bryant has served in a variety of capacities with the company over 
the past twenty years, including her current position as Executive 
Assistant to the Senior Vice President, GE Capital, Incorporated, 
Business Center Operations in Atlanta, Georgia.
  Throughout her career with the Company, Ms. Bryant has been 
recognized several times for superior service and outstanding 
achievement. She first joined the General Electric team in Nashville, 
Tennessee where she worked for the Major Appliance Business Group 
Division and was the recipient of the ``Manager's Award'' for superior 
achievement.
  She rejoined the company after a move to the Washington, D.C. area 
where she worked in the General Electric Washington Patent Operation 
Office, and then later transferred to the Government Services Office 
where she received the ``Lighting Award'' for consistently high 
performance.
  Since her move to the Atlanta GE Capital, Inc., offices, she has been 
the recipient on two occasions of the ``GE Capital Bright Lights 
Award'' for her outstanding work among fellow employees. So, after 
twenty years, Ms. Bryant ends her career with the General Electric 
Corporation on a high note.
  Mr. Speaker, Ms. Bryant's professional achievements reach beyond her 
service to the General Electric Corporation. She has also worked as a 
real estate agent, a paralegal, and office manager for a firm 
specializing in combating organized crime. Throughout her professional 
career she has also made time to serve her community through volunteer 
work. She is a charter member of the Committee to establish the Macon, 
Georgia Cherry Blossom Festival; she has organized many charitable 
events and fundraising drives; she have volunteered at hospitals, local 
schools, homeless and women's shelters and the list goes on.
  While her professional and volunteer activities are many, her 
accomplishments do not end there. Perhaps her most rewarding, and 
certainly most challenging successes have been in the trades she has 
practiced at home. As wife and mother of two children, her jobs have 
included girl scout leader, cub scout den mother, carpool manager, 
expert chef, homework and school project director, and creative family 
budget accountant. As general home manager, Ms. Bryant deserves special 
praise because the rewards of Mr. Bryant's fast-paced career over the 
years has required quite a few moves. In fact, over the course of 
thirty years, Mr. Bryant's position with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco 
and Firearms has required the Bryant family to relocate to at least a 
dozen different cities, eighteen different dwellings and as many 
different schools. It has taken a special skill and complete commitment 
to make each of those a true home, and Ms. Bryant has met that 
challenge successfully each time.
  We salute Ms. Brenda Bryant. Today she retires from a career that is 
filled with honors and achievements. But her outstanding career with 
the General Electric Corporation is but one part of this woman of many 
accomplishments. To her I say congratulations on a job, or actually 
many jobs, well done. And as she begins a new phase in life, we know 
that she already has her eye on the many challenging and rewarding jobs 
ahead.

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