[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 3 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E23]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO MARY BLAS PABLO

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                           HON. HAROLD ROGERS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 14, 2013

  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Ms. 
Mary Blas Pablo for her extraordinary dedication to duty and service to 
the United States of America. Mrs. Pablo will retire after 27 years of 
distinguished service to the Nation as an Army Civilian.
  Ms. Pablo began her service in the Pentagon in 1985 with the 
Department of the Army's Military Operations, Training Directorate. She 
relocated to Guam in 1986 as part of her husband's military 
reassignment where she worked for the Naval Supply Depot from 1986-
1988. Mrs. Pablo returned to the Washington, DC area in 1988 where she 
began her 24-year tenure with the Office of the Chief of Legislative 
Liaison in the Congressional Travel Office as a Travel Staff Assistant. 
During this time, Ms. Pablo coordinated and arranged travel for Members 
and employees of Congress averaging 450 Congressional trips annually. 
She played a key role and contributed to several successful and 
flawless missions.
  In 2002, Ms. Pablo became the Chief of the Army Congressional Travel 
Office where she served as the Army's subject matter expert on 
Congressional travel and was responsible for the administration and 
management of the Army's Congressional Travel Program. Her expertise 
and selfless dedication to Congress and the Army ensured support and 
assistance for delegations traveling domestic and abroad, 24 hours a 
day, seven days a week. Ms. Pablo was always willing to do whatever it 
took to accomplish the missions vital to Congress and the Army.
  Ms. Pablo has continued to remain passionate about Soldiers, their 
Families, and ensuring the quality of life for Service Members matches 
the quality of their service. Through her numerous contributions, she 
has made a real and lasting impact towards gaining Congressional trust, 
confidence, and advocacy for the Army.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of a grateful Nation, I ask my colleagues to 
join me today in saying thank you to Ms. Mary Blas Pablo for her 
extraordinary dedication to duty and service to this country throughout 
her distinguished career as an Army Civilian and we wish her, her 
husband, Army-retired Ben Pablo, their children and grandchildren, 
Lisa, Todd, Brian, Talan, Landon and Addisen all the best in her well 
deserved retirement.

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