[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO HEATHER MONTGOMERY

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                            HON. KEVIN BRADY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 8, 2006

  Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Heather 
Montgomery upon her retirement as District Director for the Eighth 
Congressional District of Texas.
  I've had the privilege of working alongside Heather for many years as 
co-workers at the South Montgomery County Woodlands Chamber of 
Commerce, as colleagues while she led the North Houston-Greenspoint 
Chamber of Commerce, and re-united again in 1998 in service to the 
constituents of the 8th Congressional District of Texas.
  Heather brought to my district offices her wealth of knowledge and 
experience from leading communities and helping small businesses, as 
mother of three children, a grandmother, and devoted leader and 
volunteer of many volunteer efforts in The Woodlands, Montgomery County 
and north Houston area.
  For the past nine years Heather has managed an extensive district 
staff, day to day operations of three offices, and served as direct 
extension of myself throughout the community. Heather always manages to 
find a personal connection with each of our constituents and the 
challenges they face.
  Extremely hard-working, painstakingly fair, exceedingly 
knowledgeable--these are qualities Heather has not only honed, but also 
put at the disposal of constituents. She is gracious at all times and 
simply a class act.
  Heather's retirement comes at a time when she and her husband Gary 
are the proud grandparents of nine grandchildren. I know her family is 
eager to have more of her time.
  In the years I have worked with Heather, I have come to know a civic 
minded leader and a woman of broad and varied interests which I hope 
she will pursue in the time afforded by retirement.
  Mr. Speaker, I know you join with me in saying ``thank you'' and 
``job well done'' to Heather Montgomery for her years of loyal service 
to myself, but most of all, to the people of Southeast Texas whom she 
has served with distinction. She is one of my closest friends.

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