[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 25, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING TIM FRIEDMAN

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                               speech of

                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 24, 2006

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor Tim Friedman, a great 
friend a great public servant. Next month, Tim will officially retire 
from the House of Representatives following 30 years of outstanding 
public service.
  Tim grew up in Lackawanna, New York, and came to Washington, DC in 
1976. That year, he began his distinguished career with the U.S. House 
of Representatives under the former Chairman of the Ways and Means 
Committee, Dan Rostenkowski. Tim served as a Doorkeeper in the 
Democratic Cloakroom for the Honorable James T. Molloy from 1976 until 
1982, when he began working for the Honorable Jack Russ. In 1985, 
Speaker Thomas P. ``Tip'' O'Neill appointed Tim as the Assistant 
Manager of the House Democratic Cloakroom.
  In 2003, Tim married his wife, Colleen Early. Tim and Colleen are 
dedicated golfers and are building a home in Wallace, North Carolina.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a little-known fact outside of Washington that the 
Democratic and Republican Cloakrooms are vital to Congress' 
functioning. Dealing with Members of Congress on a daily basis is not 
an easy task, but Tim has kept our members running on schedule, kept us 
fed, and kept us smiling for years now, and he will be sorely missed.
  I am grateful to Tim for his tremendous service to the House of 
Representatives, and I wish Tim and Colleen the best of luck in his 
well-deserved retirement.

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