[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 145 (Thursday, September 29, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF PETER L. JOHNSON

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 29, 2011

  Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, as Chairman of the Committee on Ethics, and 
with and on behalf of my colleague, Representative Sanchez, the Ranking 
Member of the Committee, we rise today so that we may recognize the 
long and dedicated service of Peter Johnson to the House of 
Representatives. Peter is retiring this week from the Committee on 
Ethics, where he has performed two important functions for eight years. 
And well before he joined our Committee, Peter has been serving this 
community with pride and excellence since 1979.
  Unbeknownst to most of the community, Peter has been our connection 
to so many of you. As both the Systems Administrator of the Committee 
and the Financial Disclosure Administrator, Peter has kept our office 
running and your financial disclosures on track. An important part of 
our tradition of excellent customer service, Peter is the unseen 
trooper whom anyone with an extension has relied upon. And beyond 
financial disclosures, Peter has managed the significant amount of 
material we produce on-line to help you understand our processes, our 
rules, and our results.
  Prior to joining the Committee on Ethics, Peter climbed the ranks of 
the office of the Clerk of the House, serving the community in the 
vital function of public disclosure for a number of records trusted to 
the Clerk's care. Peter has supervised, managed, and administered most 
of the functions so crucial to the sunlight we welcome in this 
institution. In the Clerk's office, Peter was an institutional liaison 
to both the Federal Election Commission and the lobbyist community to 
ensure, in both arenas, that the House of Representatives served the 
public's interest in access to important information that the people 
have relied upon for many years.
  In short, Peter Johnson has been a model of professional non-partisan 
dedication to some of the most important functions of accountability 
and transparency for the House of Representatives for over 30 years 
now. On behalf of a grateful Committee and community, we thank him for 
his service and wish him all the best in his retirement from this 
journey and his transition to the next.

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