[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 71 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E920]
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                      HONORING ANTHONY PSAROMATIS

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                           HON. MIKE QUIGLEY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 23, 2011

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Anthony 
Psaromatis, District Manager of the Chicago Social Security 
Administration, Northwest Office. After over 45 years of service and 
numerous awards for his dedication and commitment to public service, 
Mr. Psaromatis will be retiring on May 31, 2011.
  Mr. Psaromatis has worked in offices around the Nation and around the 
world. He began his career in 1965 in Huntington, West Virginia. 
Throughout the years, Mr. Psaromatis also worked in various offices in 
Ohio, Baltimore, MD and also provided Social Security benefits overseas 
in Athens, Greece and Frankfurt, Germany. In 1990, Mr. Psaromatis 
returned to the United States to continue public service work in the 
Chicago Northwest Social Security Office. He has served the Jefferson 
Park community for nearly 21 years.
  As District Manager, Mr. Psaromatis has made an enormous impact on 
the community. He did so by giving speeches about Social Security 
benefits and programs at airports, business and community centers. In 
order to establish guidelines on how to best serve the public, Mr. 
Psaromatis met with Congressional and Senatorial Aides. He has also 
fought for the large Polish population in Jefferson Park to provide 
better resources.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of a deeply grateful community and with 
enormous appreciation for decades of dedication to public service and 
providing assistance to communities in America and overseas, I thank 
Mr. Anthony Psaromatis for his extraordinary leadership and selfless 
commitment to his family and staff at the Chicago Northwest Social 
Security Office. Thank you, Tony, and we wish you, Martha, your sons, 
Michael and Anthony, daughter-in-law Bridget, and granddaughters, 
Kallie and Kirie all the happiness in the future.

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