[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E985-E986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JUDY SCHNEIDER ON THE OCCASION OF HER 
                               RETIREMENT

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                           HON. JAMIE RASKIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 25, 2019

  Mr. RASKIN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize a distinguished 
and enormously popular constituent, Judy Schneider, who is well-known 
and beloved to the Members of this body. After nearly 43 years of 
devoted service to the American people, she is retiring her post as a 
Specialist on the Congress at the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
   Ms. Schneider began her career as a Congressional Staffer on the 
Temporary Select Committee to Study the Senate Committee System, the 
House Commission on Administrative Review, and the Senate Ethics 
Committee. Shortly thereafter she joined CRS as a Congressional 
Procedures Analyst and then became Specialist on the Congress. An 
admired and respected senior-level expert on the history, procedures, 
rules and culture of Congress, she employed her sharp intellect, 
prodigious curiosity and seasoned experience to the benefit of us all.
   Over the course of her career, Ms. Schneider dedicated herself to 
the always urgent mission of congressional reform. She contributed to 
the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress in 1991, navigated 
the creation of the Department of Homeland Security after 9/11, and 
provided logistical support to Members and staff during five separate 
changes of party control in the House.
   Never content keeping her vast procedural knowledge to herself, Ms. 
Schneider developed new orientation programs for incoming Senate 
Chairs, co-authored the Congressional Deskbook guide to Congress, and 
advised Members through hearings, markups, and committee assignment 
bids. She also co-founded a program to train thousands of congressional 
staffers and conducted professional

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trainings at the Brookings Institution. Her mentorship and scholarship 
have informed a generation of congressional employees and I feel 
reassured knowing that her institutional influence will continue long 
past the date of her retirement.
   Unsurprisingly given the scope and depth of her achievements, Ms. 
Schneider has been decorated with many recognitions. She received a 
Meritorious Service Award and a Congressional Staff Leadership Award 
from the Stennis Center, as well as several awards from the 
Congressional Management Foundation and the Women in Government 
Relations (WGR) society. WGR even created a fellowship in her name to 
honor her service to ``the thousands of women she has mentored, 
developed, and trained.''
   After spending her career shaping Congress into a more effective, 
procedurally efficient place, Ms. Schneider now heads to Sea Isle City, 
New Jersey, for an extremely well-deserved retirement. I thank her for 
her career and service, and I have been immensely proud to call her my 
friend and constituent and will always consider her so. She has our 
best wishes.

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