[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 155 (Tuesday, December 6, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2460]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF TARYN FRITZ WALPOLE'S YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE STATE 
                                OF TEXAS

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                           HON. HENRY BONILLA

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 6, 2005

  Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the service of an 
outstanding individual, Taryn Fritz Walpole. Mrs. Fritz Walpole has 
served the people of Texas for 7 years and the people of the 23rd 
District for 5 years making sure that her fellow Texans remained fully 
informed on congressional actions.
  Mrs. Fritz Walpole's talents were recognized shortly after her 
graduation from Southern Methodist University. Her preparation there as 
a dual journalism/political science major anticipated her future career 
and helped lead to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison making her a Deputy 
Press Secretary in 1998. Her successes and contributions to Senator 
Hutchison's efforts led me to ask Mrs. Fritz Walpole to join my staff. 
During her 5 years in my office Mrs. Fritz Walpole has set a standard 
for work that will be hard to replicate. Her accomplishments were 
recognized with promotions and she currently serves as both my 
Communications Director and Senior Advisor.
  Taryn's gifts were apparent at a very early age. As a crusading 
reporter at Ravenswood Elementary School Taryn founded the school's 
first newspaper, the Ravenswood Raven in Burke, Virginia. Never one to 
rest on her laurels, Taryn was soon at it again, founding the Spicewood 
Times, at Spicewood Elementary School in Austin, Texas. Therefore, her 
current achievements should be a surprise to no one.
  My colleagues, in the days ahead the State of Texas will be losing 
the services of Mrs. Fritz Walpole as she embarks on a higher calling. 
She will be serving the entire nation as Senior Advisor to the 
Commissioner of the Federal Food and Drug Administration. Texas' loss 
is America's gain and our nation will be well served by the 
professionalism of Taryn Fritz Walpole as she ensure that all Americans 
are adequately informed on FDA actions.

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