[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 164 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           SCIENCE COMMITTEE COS JENNIFER Y. BROWN TO RETIRE

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 12, 2017

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is Jennifer Young Brown's 
last day as Chief of Staff of the Science, Space, and Technology 
Committee. For more than 28 years she has helped me represent the 
residents of the 21st District of Texas and, more recently, helped the 
Science Committee enact numerous policies that benefit the American 
people.
  Jennifer started working in my personal office after she graduated 
from the University of Colorado. She has held five different positions, 
including Chief of Staff. For several years, she served as COS both in 
the personal office and on the Science Committee, a rare double COS, 
before becoming the full-time Science Committee Chief of Staff in 2016. 
Her talents and skills are many. She has mastered the difficult art of 
multi-tasking--no one does it better.
  Jennifer is simply a remarkable woman. She manages to balance well 
the demands of husband, children, school activities, Science Committee 
work, and friends, almost 200 of whom attended a reception for her 
yesterday.
  If Jennifer is going to leave us, at least it is for a worthy cause--
Texas Tech University. Over the years Texas Tech has supplied our 
office with impressive interns and graduates and even made me an 
honorary alumnus.
  Jobs may end but friendships continue. Jennifer and her family--
husband Barry, son Leighton, and daughter Gipson--will always be 
special friends and I know I will continue to see them often.
  So Jennifer, I thank you for all you have done for me. Her family is 
fortunate to have her as a role model. And I am fortunate to have had 
her influence on my life for over 28 years.
  As I've learned to say, ``Go Raiders.''

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