[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 38 (Thursday, March 6, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E327]
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                       EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY

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                          HON. DAVID E. PRICE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 6, 2014

  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, March 7 is Employee 
Appreciation Day. I rise today to mark my appreciation for the staff 
members who so ably help me serve the people of North Carolina's Fourth 
Congressional District.
  My staff are model public servants. They work long hours and late 
nights. Every year, the staffers working in my North Carolina district 
offices help thousands of constituents, and all of our local 
communities, navigate federal agencies. They help me reach out to local 
businesses and educational institutions to ensure their needs are 
represented in Washington. Every year, my Washington, D.C. office staff 
researches thousands of pieces of legislation. They help me hear and 
respond to hundreds of thousands of constituent communications. They 
help constituents arrange tours, and they join me in meetings with 
constituent groups, local and State representatives, universities and 
businesses on every issue imaginable. The list of tasks my staff helps 
accomplish could go on and on, but most importantly, they help ensure 
that the people of the Fourth District have a voice in the people's 
House.
  The previous year has been a challenging one for congressional staff. 
Congressional staffers were not immune from the unnecessary and 
mindless across-the-board sequestration spending cuts that affected so 
many programs that invest in our people, ensure our strength and 
security, and protect our poorest citizens. Like employees of many 
executive departments, my staff endured furloughs and reduced pay over 
the previous year. I truly admire the all-hands-on-deck approach my 
staff took to maintain a high-level of constituent service in the face 
of these challenges, and their efforts to ensure sequestration was 
replaced and critical programs were fully funded once again.
  In recognition of their dedication and diligence, I would like to 
include in Congressional Record the name of each staffer currently 
employed by my office.
  Nadia Alston, Sonia Barnes, Jean-Louise Beard, Nora Blalock, Andrew 
High, Asher Hildebrand, James Hunter, Tracy Lovett, Sean Maxwell, 
William Munn, Cassie Rice, Kate Roetzer, Dave Russell, Laura Thrift, 
Jackson Tufts, Justin Wein, Robyn Winneberger.
  I would also like to extend special thanks to the staffers who have 
departed my office over the previous year and to include their names in 
the Record. I want them to know that their years of dedicated service 
strengthened our district and our State, and that their hard work did 
not go unnoticed or unappreciated. I wish them well as they pursue new 
and promising opportunities.
  Robin Bolash, Sandra Massenburg, Beau Mills, Teresa Saunders, Kate 
Schisler.
  I am grateful, Mr. Speaker, for the effort that my staff continues to 
put forth and for the opportunity Employee Appreciation Day offers to 
say thank you.

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