[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 33 (Thursday, February 27, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING DR. RICHARD WESTON

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 27, 2014

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize the 
outstanding contributions of Dr. Richard Weston and to commemorate his 
retirement after more than 35 years of federal service.
  As a constituent of Virginia's 8th district, Dr. Weston earned a 
Ph.D. in Health Policy and his dissertation was nominated for the 
Harold Lasswell Prize of the American Political Science Association. 
Early in his career, he worked in the U.S. House of Representatives 
under Rep. Ralph Metcalfe, of Chicago and Rep. Bennett Stewart, also of 
Chicago, and in the U.S. Senate under Sen. Charles Mathias, of Maryland 
and Sen. Paul Trible, of Virginia.
  Dr. Weston worked for the Secretary's Panel for the Evaluation of 
Epidemiological Research Activities and under the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Health at the Department of Energy. While at the General 
Accounting Office, Dr. Weston worked in the Program Evaluation and 
Methodology Division's Health Services Research Group. He has also 
worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Washington Office.
  Dr. Weston counts among his career highlights an article published in 
the New England Journal of Medicine; and considers his work this year 
on the chemical release at the Freedom Industries storage tank site on 
the Elk River near Charleston, West Virginia among the most rewarding 
he has done.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to recognize Dr. Richard Weston for his 
dedication to improving public health, and I ask that my colleagues 
join me in thanking him for his continued service.

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