[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 159 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF SHARON A. BARKELOO

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                           HON. JOHN L. MICA

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 11, 2012

  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to recognize Sharon A. Barkeloo 
upon her retirement.
  Sharon has provided outstanding professional service as a member of 
the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure staff since 
1999, serving each of the past four Chairmen in a bipartisan manner.
  During this time, her expertise in budget issues has been 
instrumental to achieving the Committee's goals, especially with regard 
to the budgetary treatment of the transportation trust funds. In 
addition to her Full Committee assignments, Sharon also served on the 
Subcommittee on Aviation staff during my chairmanship of that 
Subcommittee, assisting in the development of the nation's legislative 
response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as 
other aviation legislation. Sharon is one of the most talented and 
knowledgeable people in the United States when it comes to navigating 
the complicated and cumbersome federal transportation budgeting 
processes. I know I speak for several of my colleagues when I say that 
we will miss her expertise, her guidance, her counsel and her smiling 
face.
  Prior to her tenure with the Committee, Sharon also served for eight 
years in the Office of Management and Budget's Transportation Branch, 
and four years with the Department of Justice Budget Staff.
  I thank Sharon for her assistance to me and our Committee, her 
commitment to good government, and her professional work over the past 
25 years. I know her parents, Ed and Mary Ellen Barkeloo, are very 
proud of Sharon, as are we all, and I wish her every future success as 
she retires from Federal service and returns to her home State of Ohio.

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