[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING JEANETTE PEDONE ON HER RETIREMENT AS ASSISTANT CHIEF CLERK OF 
                                DEBATES

  (Mr. CONNOLLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Jeanette Pedone 
on her recent retirement as our Assistant Chief Clerk of Debates, after 
nearly 17 years of service here in the House.
  Jeanette grew up along the eastern seaboard but always enjoyed her 
summers in Harvey Cedars, New Jersey. She attended the Fashion 
Institute of Technology and the New York School of Interior Design. 
Jeanette came to the House from the Stenograph Company, where she was a 
sales representative. She first served as an editor for committee 
hearings in the Office of Official Reporters in 2003, and she became an 
Assistant Chief Clerk of Debates a year later.
  Jeanette was a debate clerk for more than 16 years, the longest job 
she ever held, and served under four Speakers of the House, four Clerks 
of the House, and four Chiefs of the Office of Official Reporters.
  As a debate clerk, she coordinated the production of the 
Congressional Record from the floor of the House, recording who spoke 
on the floor and all parliamentary actions of the House, a pretty big 
job. She also assisted the official reporters and editors in gathering 
speeches and supplemental information for the Record.
  Jeanette was a familiar face on the floor and had a front-row seat to 
history. She represented the office at a State of the Union Address, 
five speeches to joint meetings of Congress by foreign leaders, and 
many important legislative moments here on the floor. But she most 
fondly recalls meeting her childhood idol, Patty Duke, and her son, the 
actor Sean Astin, when they toured the House floor late one night after 
adjournment.
  Jeanette retired to Lords Valley, Pennsylvania, with her husband, 
Joe. She looks forward to spending more time with her family, including 
her daughter, Courtney, and her son, Jeff. She also now has two baby 
granddaughters to shower with attention.
  Mr. Speaker, we wish Jeanette all the best on behalf of the entire 
House of Representatives.

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