[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 20, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1665-E1666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE AND RETIREMENT OF ELIZABETH ``LIZ'' 
                                 DECKER

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2011

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I would like to request the 
House's attention today to recognize the service of a longtime public 
servant, Mrs. Liz Decker, to Alabama's Third Congressional District.
  Liz will retire on September 30, 2011. After working as a packer and 
fine threads spinner at the Blue Mountain Cotton Mill in Anniston, 
Alabama, Liz became the church secretary at Gladeview Baptist Church in 
1973. In 1977, she worked as an assistant to the Calhoun County 
Superintendent of Education and in 1981 began her Federal service by 
working for former Third District Congressman Bill Nichols who served 
in Congress from 1967 until he passed away in 1988. Since then, Liz has 
continued working for the Third Congressional District for three more 
Representatives, including Congressman Glen Browder, Congressman Bob 
Riley and now in my office. In addition, Liz also was elected to the 
Board of the

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Calhoun County Board of Education for two six-year terms. Liz is 
married to Ronald Decker.
  Liz has served countless East Alabamians through the years, assisting 
them with any number of concerns they may have had, from the grants 
process to casework focusing on immigration and Social Security. She is 
known as a kind and genuine public servant, and a joy to have in the 
Third District family. She will be missed. Thank you, Liz, for your 
service to the people of the Third District. On behalf of so many East 
Alabamians you have helped, we wish you well and congratulate you on 
your retirement.

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