[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 116 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1119]
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                        HONORING MARIA HARRISON

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2015

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in honoring Maria Harrison, an outstanding 
public servant who retired after over 41 years of dedicated service to 
the federal government.
  On Monday, June 18, 1973, Maria Harrison began her career in 
government with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). She was one 
of many who benefited from Mayor Marion Barry's jobs program he so 
famously created. On January 3, 2015 Maria retired from the United 
States Department of Transportation (USDOT) after 41 years and 6 months 
of service to our country as a federal employee. Except for 10 months 
at the Small Business Administration, her career was spent in the 
transportation field. Her exact sequence of service follows:
  Department of Transportation/FAA 06/18/1973-07/30/1977.
  Small Business Administration 07/31/1977-05/20/1978.
  Department of Transportation/Office of the Secretary (OST) 05/21/
1978-04/03/1982.
  Department of Transportation/MARAD (Maritime) 04/04/1982-12/24/1983.
  Department of Transportation/FAA 12/25/1983-06/04/1988.
  Department of Transportation/Federal Railroad Administration 6/05/
1988-11/03/2001.
  Department of Transportation/OST 11/04/2001-Present.
  Maria retired from the Office of Governmental Affairs at USDOT where 
she has been of assistance to my office and constituents numerous 
times. I can say with certainty that every office in the U.S. Senate 
and countless offices in the U.S. House of Representatives have 
benefited directly from her good work. As much as her colleagues at 
USDOT will miss her, she has earned the right to spend more time with 
her friends and family, especially her granddaughter whose pictures 
adorn the desk of her office. Maria has also earned the deepest 
gratitude from those of us in the U.S. Congress. Above all else she has 
earned the thanks of the country she has so unselfishly served for over 
41 years. Thank you, Ms. Harrison.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask the House to join me in honoring Maria Harrison 
for her more than four decades of service to the federal government in 
the transportation field.

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