[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E346]
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                 IN RECOGNITION OF MS. NANCY McDARMENT

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 17, 2015

  Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Nancy 
McDarment on her retirement after 40 years of working for the Tule 
River Tribe and its members.
  Ms. McDarment was born on March 2, 1947 to Joe Vera and Bonnie 
Kambick. She has been married to her husband, Willie McDarment, for 
over thirty years and is blessed with four children, eight 
grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
  Around 1968, Ms. McDarment began her service to the Tule River Tribe 
in a position with the Tule River Indian Health Center. In September 
1974, she went on to work for the Tule River Tribal Council, where she 
would spend the rest of her career in a variety of different positions. 
She began as a secretary for the Tule River Tribe, before going on to 
serve as the Contract and Grant Manager for many years with 
intermittent terms as both the Secretary of the Tule River Tribal 
Council and the Acting Tribal Administrator.
  After a final two year term as Secretary of the Council and forty 
years of service to the Tule River Tribe, Ms. McDarment is retiring.
  The Tule River Tribe has been extremely fortunate to have had someone 
as talented and dedicated as Ms. McDarment working on their behalf.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in commending Nancy McDarment for her 40 
years of dedicated service to the Tule River Tribe and congratulating 
her on her retirement.

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