[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2199]
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        THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP KEEP THE CAPITOL FUNCTIONING II

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                        HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2000

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year, on October 24, I rose to 
thank all of the people that make this great institution work. I wish I 
could have mentioned all of our extended support staff by name. Peggy 
Sampson has been with the Republican staff almost as long as I've been 
in Congress. She does a fantastic job playing Mother Superior to all 
our pages, watching over them, helping to educate them, and generally 
herding them. This has become an infinitely more complex job when 
Republicans became the House majority, with the right to name so many 
more pages on our side. But Peggy not only does her job and does it in 
exemplary fashion, but she also helps the cloakroom staff in so many 
ways. She has been and is absolutely invaluable and irreplaceable. I 
also want to mention the garage attendants who are so friendly and 
helpful to all of us: Tommy, Dennis, Scotty and so many others are 
always there on the job and make our tour here safer and more 
enjoyable.

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