[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E95]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                   IN RECOGNITION OF MS. GAIL WARREN

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 21, 2015

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor and pleasure to 
extend my personal congratulations and best wishes to a great friend 
and outstanding public servant, Ms. Gail Warren. Ms. Warren has served 
as the Congressional Liaison Representative, Office of the Chief of 
Legislative Liaison for the United States Army since March 2000. She 
will be retiring on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.
  Ms. Warren, a native of Bedford, Virginia, has lived and worked in 
the DC-Maryland-Virginia area for the majority of her career. Indeed, 
she has built quite an impressive career which began in 1976 when she 
commenced her civil service serving in the Pentagon as a Department of 
Defense Telephone Operator. She then moved on to the office of the Army 
Board for Corrections of Military Records.
  In 1982, Ms. Warren began serving in the Congressional Inquiry 
Division, Office of the Chief, Legislative Liaison, where she served 
for fifteen years as a Congressional Liaison Assistant. She was 
promoted to a Congressional Liaison Representative before she left 
briefly in 1998 to join the Army Inspector General's Office as a FOIA 
Specialist/Records Manager. In 2000, Ms. Warren returned to the Office 
of the Chief, Legislative Liaison as a Congressional Liaison 
Representative working in the Army House Liaison Division, where she 
has excelled for the last fifteen years.
  During her tenure as a Congressional Liaison Representative, Ms. 
Warren responded to countless telephone inquiries and handled many 
last-minute coordination requests. She consistently went above and 
beyond the call of duty to ensure that Congressional offices had the 
information needed to respond to congressional and constituent 
inquiries. She provided expert advice on complex and unusual inquiries 
to the Army Leadership as well as to Members of Congress and their 
staffs. Her high standard of excellence and attention to detail ensured 
the trust and confidence of those with whom she worked.
  Dr. Benjamin E. Mays often said: ``You make your living by what you 
get, you make your life by what you give.'' We are so grateful that Ms. 
Warren has given her time and talents to serving as a connection 
between the Army and the Congress of the greatest nation in the world. 
A woman of great integrity, her efforts, her dedication, and her 
expertise are unparalleled. Capitol Hill shined a little brighter 
because of Ms. Gail Warren.
  Ms. Warren has accomplished much in her life but none of it would be 
possible without the love and support of her three children, Crystal, 
Kevin and Courtney, and her four grandchildren Javon, Derrick, Jabarie, 
and Diego.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending our 
sincerest appreciation and best wishes to Ms. Gail Warren upon the 
occasion of her retirement from an outstanding career in civil service.

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