[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING THE SERVICE OF TRUDI TERRY, CHIEF CLERK OF DEBATES

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, what a joy it is to rise and join my 
colleague, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and to applaud the long 
career and the great contributions of a woman who has listened to 
countless speeches and addresses on this floor over the years, our 
House Chief Clerk of Debates, Trudi Terry.
  She will soon retire, but she came to this House in 1999 as a 
transcriber, and she has served as Chief Clerk of Debates for the past 
decade. For 10 years, through early morning 1-minutes and midnight 
debates, she has sat on the dais behind this lectern, kept a record of 
all of our conversations and colloquies, and been of invaluable service 
to all of us in this body.
  No matter how heated it got down here, Trudi has been helpful and 
patient and kind to each and every one of us.
  She has lived an amazing life. Before coming to Washington, her 
experiences have run the gamut. Born in Amarillo, Texas; teacher in 
Alaska, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Virginia; an office manager in 
Honolulu; and a preschool director at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan.
  Trudi, we say thank you to you for your hard work, for your service, 
both here on the House floor and across this great Nation.
  We congratulate you on your retirement. Many years of health and 
happiness, so that you can travel, take the photos, go to the theater, 
and, yes, bird-watch. Do the things that we kept you from doing while 
we debated and tried to legislate.
  You will be missed, my friend. You will be missed. And if you miss us 
too, you can always find us on C-SPAN.
  But get a life, Trudi, and enjoy it.

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