[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 186 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1475-E1476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING MS. MEGAN HANDAL

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                          HON. JOHN GARAMENDI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 20, 2019

  Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, today I wish to recognize Ms. Megan 
Handal, upon her departure as Clerk, Readiness Subcommittee and 
Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services 
Committee to the U.S. House of Representatives.
  In this role, Ms. Handal was personally responsible for ensuring that 
the Chairs of the Readiness Subcommittee and Seapower and Projection 
Forces Subcommittee had the appropriate administrative information and 
hearing details, handled all logistics for each hearing, and ensured 
all hearings ran on time. Ms. Handal coordinated with Congressional 
Members, Congressional staff, and all witnesses for

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each hearing she oversaw. Ms. Handal was also responsible for quality 
control of Congressional transcripts, military construction tables, and 
subcommittee bill and report language. Before her time as Clerk, Megan 
interned with the House Armed Services Committee in 2015, as well as 
the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe in the summer 
of 2016.
  Megan is a graduate of Villanova University, where she earned a 
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and is an avid supporter of 
Villanova Wildcats basketball.
  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the U.S. Congress and a grateful Nation, 
I extend our deepest appreciation to Ms. Megan Handal for her dedicated 
service to the U.S. House of Representatives and to our Nation. We wish 
her the best as she moves on to her next role.

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