[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 65 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO MEGAN BELL

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and give thanks 
to the very first person that came to work for me when I came to 
Congress 5 years ago, my legislative director, Megan Bell.
  Unfortunately, she is going to be leaving our office as she goes on 
to bigger and better things. But Megan has been a tremendous and 
tireless public servant for the people of southeast Louisiana and has 
provided great leadership to our Nation. She's been a huge help to me 
on energy issues, on health care issues, on coastal restoration issues, 
and so many things. When the Deepwater Horizon accident and disaster 
occurred 3 years ago, Megan was right there helping not only to get 
people back to work, but also to help draft and lead through the 
legislative process the RESTORE Act, which provided incredible support 
to the people back home. She also provided great help to constituents.
  On a Friday afternoon, when we got a call from a father whose son 
needed lifesaving treatment, she worked through the whole weekend to 
get FDA approval for a lifesaving clinical trial.
  She's just a great public servant, somebody that I think we can all 
aspire and look up to. We will miss her here at the Capitol, and I 
surely will miss her at the office. But she will be going on to bigger 
and better things, and I wish her all the best.

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