[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 189 (Tuesday, December 11, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2539]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO MS. C. PAMELA HOLLIDAY

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 11, 2007

  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize a fellow native 
Washingtonian with whom, my staff and I have had the distinct pleasure 
of working since 1992: Ms. C. Pamela Holliday, Regional Director of the 
Washington Passport Agency.
  Ms. Holliday, ``Pam,'' began her career with the State Department on 
February 1, 1971 as a GS-3 Passport Processing Clerk. From 1971 until 
her selection as Regional Director of the Washington Passport Agency in 
1992, Pam served as a passport examiner, automated records manager, 
Consular Officer in Overseas Citizens Services, Fraud Prevention 
Programs, and at the US Embassy in Belize. The State Department sent 
her in many different official capacities to Belgium, the Dominican 
Republic, Egypt, France, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, the Netherlands, the 
United Kingdom, and Switzerland.
  However, Pam's hallmarks are not the titles and positions she has 
held, but the efficiency, collegiality, and dedication she brought to 
her work. As the delegations from Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia 
know, our constituents expect us to sort out the thorniest of passport 
problems before their flights leave the next morning. When the going 
gets especially tough, the tough call Pam.
  Madam Speaker, I ask this house to join with me and Pam's friends, 
associates, and co-workers, who on December 13th will recognize her 
thirty-five years of extraordinary service to the travelling public as 
she prepares to retire in January.

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