[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H7021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              RETIRING CHIEF JOURNAL CLERK PATRICIA MADSON

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, as I listen to my colleagues on both sides 
of the talk about the imperative of job creation and economic growth, 
I'd like to recognize a job well done. Forty-four years, 7 months, and 
5 days is a long period of time, but that's the tenure of public 
service provided by our friend, the now Chief Journal Clerk, Trish 
Madson. She has worked for the Voice of America, the Departments of 
Agriculture and Transportation. She worked in the Minority Counsel 
Office under our former minority leader Bob Michel.
  She is someone I got to know because her late mother was one of my 
constituents.
  I would like to ask all of our colleagues to join in giving a round 
of applause and ovation to Trish Madson, who, after 44 years, 7 months, 
and 5 days, will be retiring today.
  Mr. Speaker, I think we've consumed the entire 1 minute just 
applauding Trish, as it should be.

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