[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 154 (Tuesday, November 30, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2012]
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        HONORING ELAINE ROTH FOR HER 42 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE

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                           HON. STEVE ISRAEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 30, 2010

  Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Elaine Roth, 
former District Manager of the Social Security Administration field 
office in Melville, NY, who will be retiring later this year. Her 42-
year career with Social Security is a testament to Ms. Roth's 
dedication to public service.
  Ms. Roth's career with Social Security began in 1968 when she was 
hired as a Claims Representative in Brooklyn, NY. Between then and 1980 
she was promoted multiple times and served as Branch Manager of the 
field offices in Kings Plaza (Brooklyn), Riverhead (Long Island), and 
Flushing (Queens). She was then promoted to District Manager of the 
field office in Melville in 1998, a position she held until 2004 when 
she was asked to join Social Security's National Medicare Planning Task 
Force.
  Throughout her four decades with Social Security, Ms. Roth's many 
accomplishments have been recognized with various awards. Most notably, 
she received a Deputy Commissioner's Citation (August 2007 and October 
2005), a Component Head's Citation (August 2006), and the 
Commissioner's Citation--Social Security's highest honor--in September 
2005 and three times previously.
  Ms. Roth and her husband are long-time residents of Long Island and 
she will be entering her well-earned retirement as a loving mother of 
two and a devoted grandmother of one. I thank her for her service to 
the Second District of New York and wish her all the best in the 
future.

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