[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E9]
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                   TRIBUTE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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                           HON. PAUL D. RYAN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 6, 2016

  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank our 
legislative counsel for all their help over the past few weeks, 
starting with Sandra Strokoff and Ed Grossman.
  I also want to thank all the senior and assistant counsels for their 
hard work: Tom Cassidy, Ryan Greenlaw, and Justin Gross on 
appropriations; Henry Christrup, Wade Ballou, and Scott Probst on 
taxes; Paul Callen, Marshall Barksdale, and Veena Srinivasa on housing 
and financial services; Hallet Brazelton, Megan Chasnoff, and Susan 
Fleishman on the 9/11 VCF and immigration; Jessica Shapiro, Warren 
Burke, Ed Grossman, Jesse Cross, and Michelle Vanek on the WTC health 
program; Tom Cassidy and Bob Weinhagen on budget; Justin Gross and Lucy 
Goss on Social Security; Hank Savage and Lisa Daly on Oceans, coastal 
security, and land and water conservation; and Tony Sciascia, Hadley 
Ross, and Mat Eckstein on intelligence and cybersecurity.
  Then there are the drafters who worked nights and weekends to produce 
all the other major legislation: Curt Haensel, Rosemary Gallagher, Tom 
Dillon, Karen Anderson, Tim Brown, Kakuti Lin, Sally Walker, Brady 
Young, and Chris Osborne on the highway bill; Sherry Chriss, Greg 
Kostka, Hadley Ross, Tony Sciascia, and Mark Synnes on the defense 
bill; Susan Fleishman, Anna Shpak, and Brendan Gallagher on the 
education bill; and Sandy Strokoff, Mark Synnes, and Mat Eckstein on 
trade and customs bills. Thanks also to Doug Bellis, Jean Harmann, Jim 
Grossman, Noah Wofsy, and Alison Hartwich for their work drafting other 
legislation.
  Finally, I want to thank all the office's support staff: Nancy 
McNeillie, Debby Birch, Kelly Meryweather, Elonda Rich, Tomas 
Contreras, Miekl Joyner, Ashley Anderson, Joe Birch, Angelina Patton, 
Craig Sterkx, Tom Meryweather, Matthew Loggie, Willie Blount, Peter 
Szwec, and David Topper, and GPO detailees Mel Gilbert, Theresa Harris, 
Toni King, and Preble Marmion.

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