[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 40 (Thursday, March 8, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E486]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        THANKING MICHAEL GORMAN FOR HIS YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE

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                        HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 7, 2007

  Mr. CAPUANO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and to thank my 
District Director, Michael Gorman, for his years of public service. Mr. 
Gorman has worked by my side since I was first elected Mayor of 
Somerville, Massachusetts in 1989. Our city was facing difficult times: 
significant demographic changes and a potentially crippling cutback in 
state aid. Michael Gorman worked tirelessly to help me meet those 
challenges and to keep Somerville safe and neighborly as it became an 
increasing desirable place to live. We spent nine years together, 
improving the schools, providing dependable and cost-effective public 
services, diversifying the city's police and fire departments, creating 
green space and planting thousands of trees. His dedication to the City 
of Somerville was evident every hour of every day in the work he did 
and the causes he championed.
  Mike was instrumental in helping me to make the decision to seek 
Congressional office. When I was elected in 1998, Mike agreed to bring 
his considerable talents to my District Office, serving as Director and 
utilizing his skills for the benefit of the entire 8th Congressional 
District.
  For the past eight years, Mike has devoted himself to our 
constituents. Whether it has been helping an individual with a problem 
or articulating my policy positions to a community group, Mike has 
served the 8th Congressional District with distinction.
  After almost two decades, Mike is leaving public service for the 
private sector. I wish him every success and thank him for his 
political acumen, his hard work, and his selfless dedication to the 
people he has helped me represent.

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