[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 151 (Friday, October 5, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2073-E2074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO BRANDIS GRIFFITH

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 4, 2007

  Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my 
appreciation to a very dedicated and hard working employee of the House 
Committee on Science and Technology. Her tenure on the Committee may 
have been brief, but Brandis Griffith deserves a big ``thank you'' for 
all of her hard work.
  Brandis served as Deputy Communications Director for the Committee 
since Democrats assumed the Majority in Congress this January. She ably 
handled the Committee's website--both content and continued 
development--and assisted our press office with Member outreach and a 
wide range of other needs.
  Working with our Committee was Brandis' first job on Capitol Hill, 
but her poise and flexibility in the position proved she was a fast 
learner and an eager participant in any task set before her.
  She came to the Committee directly from a job with the University of 
Kansas. There, she spent six months developing her science writing 
skills as a research writer and media relations specialist in KU's 
Office of University Relations.
  Prior to that, Brandis worked in broadcast journalism as a local 
television reporter. In her nearly five years as a reporter, Brandis 
worked for both KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas and KFDX-TV in Wichita 
Falls, Texas.
  Given our enthusiasm for Brandis' work while with the Committee, it 
may seem a bit strange that her stay was so brief. However, Brandis was 
offered an opportunity she simply

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could not refuse--a return to her roots in television.
  This week, Brandis began her new job as a special projects producer 
for WJLA-TV, ABC-7 right here in the metro DC area. There, she is 
responsible for developing and assisting in special reports on a 
variety of topics.
  We wish Brandis all the best in this new and exciting venture. And we 
thank her for her dedicated service to our Committee.

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