[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 176 (Thursday, December 12, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1868]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING DONNA HOFFER ON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE U.S. HOUSE OF 
                            REPRESENTATIVES

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                          HON. JOHN D. DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 12, 2013

  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Donna Hoffer 
as she retires after more than thirty years of faithful, dedicated 
service to Southeast Michigan. As she retires at the end of this year, 
I honor and recognize her dedication, passion, and hard work in service 
to the Southeast Michigan, and the people I have served since 1982.
  In 1982 Monroe County became part of my Congressional District. I 
asked the community's leadership for recommendation of a fine and 
committed civil servant. Donna Hoffer was unanimously recommended and 
she joined the staff, managing the Monroe district office for 29 years. 
She competently and astutely served the community as my representative, 
in addition to handling a complex variety of casework including Social 
Security matters, of which she is an expert. When redistricting 
occurred and I lost Monroe County, Donna stayed on, serving well in our 
Ypsilanti office.
  Donna's loyalty to the office and steadfast dedication in her service 
to the District has stood out through the years, and it has no bounds. 
Just recently, Donna played an instrumental role in having a lung 
transplant denial overturned, giving another chance at life to a 
desperate constituent. Donna has been a critical part of my staff and I 
am honored that she has spent her career serving the people of my 
Congressional District.
  I extend my congratulations and best wishes to Donna in her 
retirement and hope that she enjoys the time with her husband, Mick, 
their two children and four grandchildren. I sincerely thank her for 
the loyal years she has given in service to Southeast Michigan. She is 
a dear friend and is the kind of public servant who brings credit on 
our Government with her faithful and dedicated effort on the behalf of 
the people we are honored to serve.

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