[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2312-E2313]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT OF MRS. PATRICIA M. BOYLE FROM THE 
                         DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

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                             HON. TOM DAVIS

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 20, 2008

  Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. 
Patricia M. Boyle of the Department of the Navy, who is retiring after 
more than 36 years of faithful service to our Nation, culminating in 
her service as the Legislation Specialist in the Department of the 
Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs.
  Mrs. Boyle started her federal service in 1972 with the Office of 
Legislative Affairs as a Legislation Assistant. She was responsible for 
researching, routing legislation for comment throughout the Department 
of the Navy, and for maintaining all working files on current or past 
legislation of interest to the Department of the Navy. She worked in 
this position until July 1974.
  She then worked in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Legal 
and Legislative Office, as a Legal Technician. She served in that 
position from July 1974 to December 1981. In that position, she helped 
coordinate comments on items of legislation and executive orders for 
the Chief of Naval Operations staff.
  In 1981, Mrs. Boyle returned to the work at the Navy's Office of 
Legislative Affairs in Washington, DC, where she has remained since 
December 1981.
  Mrs. Boyle has provided superb support as the Legislative Specialist 
to the Chief of Legislative Affairs within the Office of Legislative 
Affairs. This position marks the culmination of 36 years of Federal 
service in which she has continued to serve the Department of the 
Navy's legislative agenda. She has had a major impact on the 
identification of high-interest legislative items and the coordination 
of complete and thorough Navy positions to the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense, the White House Office of Management and Budget, and 
Congress.
  Responsible for acting as central coordinator for the Department of 
the Navy for more than 300 legislative proposals per year, she has 
consistently provided timely and thoroughly vetted Navy positions, 
thereby ensuring the Navy's interests were furthered. She monitored the 
progress of legislation critical to the Department of the Navy and 
communicated the status and any outstanding requirements to ensure that 
Navy leadership was fully informed of important legislative 
initiatives. Her diligent, thoughtful, and timely coordination ensured 
that the Navy's message was effectively communicated to Congress.

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  In addition, she managed the coordination of all legislative items, 
approximately 1,000 per fiscal year, which included House and Senate 
Bills, executive agency proposals, testimony and executive orders. She 
provided consolidated Navy positions on these legislative items to the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Management and 
Budget, and Congress, while successfully meeting all deadlines and 
suspense dates. Her effective coordination and thorough review 
consistently ensured a concise and well thought out Navy message to 
Congress.
  It is through the commitment and sacrifice of Americans like Patricia 
Boyle that our Nation is able to continue upon the path of democracy 
and strive for the betterment of mankind. I am proud, Madam Speaker, as 
a fellow Virginian, to thank her and her family for her honorable 
service to our Nation with the United States Navy. I wish her fair 
winds and following seas as she concludes a distinguished career of 
public service.

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