[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 138 (Tuesday, December 7, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            A TRIBUTE TO KATHY TAVOULARIS ON HER RETIREMENT

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                          HON. CHRISTOPHER COX

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 7, 2004

  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great 
Californian. Kathy Tavoularis is retiring from her position as the 
Executive Director of the Republican Party of Orange County, where she 
has directed the day-to-day operations of the county Republican Central 
Committee for over a decade.
  Kathy began her involvement with the county party as a college intern 
in 1991, and was hired in 1993 as Office Director.
  Kathy represents so much of the diversity that makes Orange County 
such a lively and interesting place. She was born in Montreal, Quebec 
in 1970 to George and Maria, who had emigrated to Canada 10 years 
earlier from Greece. She grew up outside of Chicago, Illinois and 
became a life-long fan of the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago Bears. Kathy 
is fluent in Greek and conversational in Quebecois French from her days 
in Canada. She has also traveled extensively in Europe.
  She graduated from California State University, Long Beach, earning a 
B.A. in Political Science, with an emphasis in Politics and Policy 
Formation. Kathy worked three jobs at once to pay her way through 
college and received her degree after only 3 years.
  Kathy has been a dedicated member of the Orange County Republican 
Women Federated, the Orange County Young Republicans, an appointed 
Member of the California Republican Party, and has worked at the 1996, 
2000 and 2004 Republican National Conventions.
  Kathy regularly attends St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in 
Anaheim, where she is active in Bible Study and Early Church History 
Classes.
  On behalf of my colleagues, let me join the many friends, co-workers 
and admirers in wishing Kathy Tavoularis nothing but the best in her 
future endeavors. She leaves behind an enormously positive legacy for 
the residents of Orange County, local community leaders, and in helping 
to make Orange County ``the most Republican county'' in America.

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