[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H16840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      IN RECOGNITION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE OF JANIE GALMON

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, it is a great honor, we all know, to 
represent the American people here in the people's House. We all work 
long hours. We spend a great deal of time here. And I would like to, at 
this moment, mark the extraordinary service of a woman who has chosen 
to retire after nearly 50 years of working here in the Capitol. I am 
referring, of course, to the very famous Janie Galmon.
  My colleagues may not know her last name, but they are very familiar 
with Janie's fried chicken, which has been prepared for us on 
Wednesdays on a regular basis. She is someone who was working in this 
Capitol when President Kennedy was assassinated, and she regularly has 
shared with us stories about that.
  She always showed up to work at 5 a.m. regardless of how late we were 
in the night before. We could be here, and she can be working 
downstairs midnight, 1 o'clock, but she was always back here coming in 
with our friend, Sally, at 5 o'clock in the morning.
  She has provided extraordinary service and sustenance to so many of 
us. Janie, after a half century, has chosen to retire. I want to wish 
her congratulations, a very happy retirement, and a very, very merry 
Christmas.

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