[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 148 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1888]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING SENATOR SUSAN TUCKER

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                           HON. NIKI TSONGAS

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 15, 2010

  Ms. TSONGAS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Senator Susan 
Tucker from the Fifth District of Massachusetts for her exemplary 
service to the citizens of the City of Lawrence and the towns of 
Andover, Dracut, and Tewksbury as a Massachusetts State Representative 
and Senator.
  Senator Tucker was elected to the Massachusetts House of 
Representatives in 1982 and to the Massachusetts Senate in 1992. While 
in the Senate, she served as Chair of the Joint Committee on Housing, 
Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Telecommunication, and as member 
of the Committees on Education, Ways and Means, Economic Development 
and Emerging Technologies, Financial Services and Revenue.
  Senator Tucker has exhibited a lifelong commitment to advocacy and 
community service, and earned a reputation as an innovative and 
responsive leader. Known for her willingness to take on any challenge, 
she worked tirelessly to eliminate auto insurance fraud and address the 
foreclosure crisis in Massachusetts. Senator Tucker has received 
numerous leadership awards from state-wide groups recognizing her 
contributions to the betterment of life for citizens of the 
Commonwealth. In 2008, she was awarded the Pioneer Institute's Better 
Government Award for taking on auto insurance fraud, and in 2009 she 
was named Legislator of the Year by the Massachusetts Association for 
Families for her dedication to improving the lives of foster and 
adopted children.
  Senator Tucker and her husband, Mike, reside in Andover and have two 
grown sons, as well as the loves of her life, granddaughters, Secoya 
and Autumn.
   Upon her retirement, I wish to thank her for her friendship, 
recognize her for her inspiring leadership in the Massachusetts Senate, 
and congratulate her for her distinguished career.

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