[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO COMMANDER CAROL HOTTENROTT

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                     HON. RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 25, 2003

  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an outstanding 
naval officer, Commander Carol Hottenrott, who served with distinction 
and dedication during the past year for the Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy, FM&C, as a Navy Appropriations Liaison Officer in the 
Appropriations Matters Office. It is a privilege for me to recognize 
her many outstanding achievements and commend her for the superb 
service she has provided to the Department of the Navy, the Congress, 
and our great Nation as a whole.
  During her tenure in the Appropriations Matters Office, which began 
in March of 2002, Commander Hottenrott has provided members of the 
House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Defense as well as our 
professional and associate staffs with timely and accurate support 
regarding the Department of the Navy's Operations and Maintenance, 
Personnel and medical programs budget accounts. Her valuable 
contributions have enabled the Defense Subcommittee and the Department 
of the Navy to strengthen its close working relationship and to ensure 
the most modern, well-trained and well-equipped Naval Forces attainable 
for the defense of our great Nation.
  Commander Carol Hottenrott has demonstrated outstanding leadership in 
the Navy and on Capitol Hill. She continues to be recognized as a truly 
unique naval officer and is one of a very select group of female naval 
officers to command a ship. She distinguished herself as a Commanding 
Officer of a Mine hunting ship and has been selected for command of 
another combat vessel. Exemplifying the best this country has to offer, 
she has made many personal sacrifices in the interest of the Navy and 
our Nation. Having worked with her on the highly complex operations and 
maintenance issues impacting the port of San Diego, I know she is a 
wonderful person and officer, and a bright and talented individual. 
Although she departs today to return to sea on the staff of the new 
Pacific Expeditionary Strike Group, I expect that she will continue 
rising through the Navy leadership ranks and that we will have many 
opportunities to work together again in the future. I wish her every 
success in her new job, and call upon my colleagues to join me in 
wishing her ``fair winds and following seas.''

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