[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 57 (Thursday, April 29, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E705]
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                        IN HONOR OF NANCY PIPER

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                        HON. DONALD A. MANZULLO

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 29, 2004

  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, we all know that this body could not 
function without the able assistance of our staff members. I wanted to 
bring to the attention of the House that the Small Business Committee 
will soon lose to retirement the services of the Chief Clerk, Nancy 
Piper. Nancy will officially retire tomorrow on April 30, 2004 after 
over 28 years of unselfish, dedicated public service to Congress in 
various capacities--both in the minority and in the majority--to five 
Republican leaders of the House Small Business Committee. Nancy 
graduated from Sweet Briar College in Virginia and has a Legal 
Assistant Degree from George Washington University.
  Nancy began her career on Capitol Hill in the Nation's bicentennial 
year of 1976 working for her Congressman, Jack Wydler, from Garden City 
on Long Island, New York. At that time there were only 145 Republicans 
in the House of Representatives. Starting in 1983, she began working 
for the Small Business Committee for the then ranking minority Member 
Joseph McDade in Pennsylvania. Since then, Nancy worked for four other 
Republican leaders of the House Small Business Committee, including 
Andy Ireland of Florida, Jan Meyers of Kansas, and Jim Talent of 
Missouri. She has certainly seen a lot of changes over the years on how 
Capitol Hill operates, including the pivotal year of 1994, when her 
role dramatically changed to a majority staff person.
  Nancy is one of the many unsung staff members of the Small Business 
Committee that makes sure many of the administrative functions of the 
committee run smoothly. Without her service and her institutional 
memory, the committee simply could not function. Nancy makes sure that 
everything associated with a committee hearing or a bill markup 
proceeds without a hitch.
  Mr. Speaker, Members who serve on the Small Business Committee or who 
have once served on the committee all experienced Nancy's 
professionalism and pleasant demeanor. While they will miss her, I know 
that they will want to join me in wishing Nancy all the best as she 
leaves the frantic pace of Capitol Hill to enjoy her well-deserved 
retirement. My wife, Freda, and I express to Nancy Piper our very 
fondest personal wishes to her and her husband, Chris, and her two 
daughters, Kate and Elizabeth, as she embarks on her new journey in 
life.

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