[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 5, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING JEFFREY D. ROUCH

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                         HON. PATRICK J. TIBERI

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 5, 2014

  Mr. TIBERI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life and 
accomplishments of Jeffrey D. Rouch, on the occasion of his passing 
from this life to the next.
  Jeff was an avid political and government affairs professional, 
spending twenty-one years of his career with the Nationwide Mutual 
Insurance Company. Jeff began his professional career in the 
Pennsylvania Senate in 1982 as the Director of Policy Development and 
Research, before becoming the Director of Government Affairs for the 
Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1985. He later 
became an integral member of the Nationwide team, and he retired as the 
Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations and Public Affairs. His 
more than twenty-five years as an advocate for the insurance industry 
enhanced the industry's ability to see to the needs of countless 
individuals affected by unforeseen misfortune.
  He was instrumental in providing Nationwide Insurance and its members 
a voice in Washington, DC by establishing an office in the nation's 
capital in 1997. I and my colleagues are fortunate to work with 
dedicated private citizens such as Jeff, who advocate for public 
policies that address the needs of millions of our friends and 
neighbors.
  On behalf of the citizens of Ohio's 12th Congressional District, I 
thank Jeffrey Rouch for his contributions and his unrelenting service 
to his industry. I offer my deepest sympathies to his family. Their 
sense of loss at this time is shared by many who knew and loved Jeffrey 
Rouch, and he will be dearly missed.

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