[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 53 (Monday, March 30, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E814]
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       HONORING A RETIRED SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL

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                          HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 30, 2009

  Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, today I rise to honor a longstanding civil 
servant in the Social Security Administration (SSA). Mr. Gregory Alan 
Elkins was a Title XVI SSI Office Supervisor with the SSA. He worked 
for the SSA for over 35 years.
  Mr. Elkins was hired as a Claims Representative in Lima, Ohio, in 
October of 1973 and continued to work there until February of 1979. 
Keeping the same title, he then moved to the Tampa District office. He 
stayed in the Tampa office until it moved it's location to Plant City, 
where he stayed until September of 1991.
  He moved within the agency to become a Field Representative at the 
Lakeland office and stayed there until June of 1999. He then earned a 
promotion to the position of Public Affairs Specialist, the first to 
take that title in the state of Florida. He stayed in that position 
until November of 2007 when he took his current position as a Title XVI 
SSI Office Supervisor. Mr. Elkins is due to retire from this position 
in March of this year.
  On a personal note, Mr. Elkins has a long history of working with the 
staff in my district office. His knowledge of SSA rules and regulations 
has been an incomparable boon in helping constituents in my district 
with their claims. He has spoken at many Medicare Seminars that our 
office has held to advise our seniors with regards to Social Security, 
retirement, disability, survivors' benefits, and more. I wish to 
congratulate Mr. Elkins for a long, successful career and I wish him 
well in retirement.

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