[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 26, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E290]
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   EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENTS WISHES A DEAR COLLEAGUE AND 
              FRIEND, DAVID HOLMES, WELL IN HIS RETIREMENT

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                         HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 25, 2003

  Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit the following into 
the Congressional Record:

       The Executive Committee of Correspondents conveys its 
     gratitude on behalf of the more than 250 publications and 
     1,800 reporters who benefited from your 28 years as director 
     of the House Periodical Press Gallery.
       Over the decades, you have helped the gallery grow and 
     expand, ranging from the number of reporters served to the 
     amount of information available. You have kept the gallery 
     and its staff up to date with the latest technology and 
     pushed for even greater technological advances.
       Reporters have always found you a valuable resource. Your 
     vast knowledge of Congressional rules and procedures will be 
     sorely missed, as will your keen political insights and 
     ability to steer reporters in the right direction.
       You have always looked out for the best interests of 
     reporters and fought for increased access to lawmakers and 
     events. You deserve our thanks and gratitude for getting to 
     know the right people throughout the years so that we could 
     do our jobs with minimum of interference.
       We also acknowledge your role in defending our interests in 
     court when the need arose and for always being fair and 
     impartial when it came to credentialing new organizations for 
     admittance into the gallery.
       For all these and so many more reasons, the Executive 
     Committee thanks you for your many years of service and 
     wishes you and Shauna a happy, long and well-deserved 
     retirement.
           Sincerely,
     Cheryl Bolen
     Heidi Glenn
     Richard Cohen
     Tim Curran
     Douglas Waller
     Terence Samuel
     Lorraine Woellert

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