[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1229]
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                         TRIBUTE TO JOHN REVIER

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, September 8, 2015

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank John Revier for the 
nearly fifteen years of service he has given me as my Deputy Chief of 
Staff and Legislative Director. John's last day with my office was 
yesterday, and today he is beginning a new phase in his career at the 
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) where he will serve in Boise as the 
Director for State and Regional Government Relations.
  Not many staffers come along like John Revier. For those who know 
him, they know he has one of the sharpest legislative minds of any 
staffer I have ever seen. He can break down any legislative or 
administrative issue in an instant and begin charting the course of 
action and implementing it. Many times he does this before people 
understand what the problem actually is and how it is going to affect 
them. John has become an expert on so many different issues it's hard 
to begin counting them.
  As a Congressional staffer, John accomplished a rare feat. He served 
in both the Senate District office and Washington, D.C. office for the 
late Senator Rod Grams of Minnesota. He also served in both my 
Washington, D.C. office and Boise office. Not many Congressional 
staffers can say they touched all four bases in the House and Senate. 
This served to impress upon him how to work well with State and D.C. 
offices in both the House and Senate.
  John is very proud of his roots in Minnesota and moreover his 
hometown of Redwood Falls. However, we are fortunate that he is now an 
Idaho transplant and will continue to serve Idaho in a new capacity.
  I want to thank John's wife Jani and their two wonderful children 
Kate and Sam. They have allowed John to give much of his time to me. 
Moreover, it's been a pleasure to watch the twins as they are growing 
up.
  I wish John the best in his new position, and as I like to jokingly 
say--``good luck to the INL for taking him away from us''.

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