[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 42 (Tuesday, April 16, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E533]
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                   IN RECOGNITION OF GERARD LANGLAIS

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 16, 2002

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, Social Security benefits have become, since 
their inception, a mainstay of America's elderly. The men and women who 
work in the Social Security Administration are responsible for seeing 
that our elderly and dependents get the benefits they have earned 
through a lifetime of work.
  One such man is Gerard Langlais, the Manager of the East Bronx 
District Office, who is now retiring so he can collect his Social 
Security benefits. And he has earned them. He joined the Social 
Security Administration in 1961 as a claim representative in 
Poughkeepsie. Three years later he was promoted to Field Representative 
and four years later promoted again to Operations Supervisor at the 
Flatbush District Office. In 1970 he became an Assistant District 
Manager, also in Brooklyn. Three years later he was promoted to his 
present position, where he has served honorably and well for the past 
29 years.
  Mr. Langlais was born in Maine, graduated from Siena College, and 
served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy for two years where he operated and 
designed construction equipment. He and his wife Toni live in Yonkers.
  Mr. Langlais has served the people of America in their government for 
41 years. It is people like him who make our society work. I 
congratulate him and thank him for the diligence and dedication he has 
done, work that has made the lives of so many of our citizens better.

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