[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DAVID KENNETT

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 16, 2020

  Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
a dedicated and trusted member of my staff. At the end of this 
Congress, my Chief of Staff, David Kennett, will be departing my office 
after many years of invaluable service.
  After graduating from Delaware County Christian School in 1990, Dave 
attended Wheaton College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 
English and History. While working at Houlihan's restaurant in 
Springfield, Virginia, Dave first joined my D.C. office as an intern. 
After writing up a well-researched memo on the history of Puerto Rico, 
Dave was offered a job as our staff assistant by my first Chief of 
Staff, Ed Slevin. He was soon promoted to a legislative assistant 
position, responsible for a portfolio that included infrastructure and 
natural resources issues. In 1998, Dave left my office, for the first 
time, to move to California.
  Dave and his family would wind up moving back to D.C. and he rejoined 
my office to serve as my legislative director in 2001, a post he would 
fill until leaving for the second time, in 2003 to join The Ferguson 
Group, where he worked as a federal advocate on behalf of a number of 
Riverside County organizations, including the Western Municipal Water 
District and the Riverside Community College District.
  In 2016, following the departure of my longtime Chief of Staff, David 
Ramey, Dave once again joined my office to serve in that leadership 
role. His third stint in my office began just as a new Republican 
administration was forming and Dave played a big role in helping 
qualified Californians find roles to serve in our federal agencies. 
Dave staffed our weekly California Republican Delegation lunches as 
well as aided me in my role this past Congress as a Deputy Chair of the 
National Republican Congressional Committee.
  Dave's immeasurable contributions to my office, the constituents I 
have represented and to our country are something for which we should 
all be very grateful. Personally, I have and will continue to value my 
friendship with Dave and wish him and his wife Catherine, their 
daughter Carolyn and son David the very best and brightest future.

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