[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E75]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING LYLE L. GREEN ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM GPO

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 28, 2021

  Ms. LOFGREN. Madam Speaker, over the last few months, we have all 
come to appreciate the quiet competence of our dedicated public 
servants, without whom none of our democratic institutions would work. 
One such public servant, Lyle Green, will be retiring at the end of 
January from his position as the managing director of the Official 
Journals of Government (OJG) at the Government Publishing Office (GPO). 
In that role, Lyle has been responsible for publication of the Federal 
Register, along with every publication from Congress, including the 
Congressional Record, the House and Senate calendars, bills, hearings, 
reports, and even the phone directory.
  Lyle began his career at GPO in 1991 as a proofreader, where his 
colleagues soon recognized his talent and work ethic. Throughout his 
career, he was at the center of GPO's transition from a print-centric 
institution to one that leads on the digitization of public 
information, a transformation that has dramatically expanded the 
accessibility of key public documents to the American people. When GPO 
talks about its mission of ``Keeping America Informed,'' they are 
talking about many of the products produced by Lyle's team.
  Lyle has served as Managing Director since January of 2012 and prior 
to that he headed OJG's Congressional Publishing Services for five 
years. In those capacities, he spearheaded the production of the 
official materials for presidential inaugurations in 2009, 2013, and 
2017, and led GPO's team through several blizzards, an earthquake, a 
pandemic, and now, regrettably, an attack by insurrectionists. 
Throughout it all, Lyle and his team got it done. Ensuring the timely 
production of the Federal Register and the Congressional Record is like 
having to produce two big-city newspapers every day. In addition, Lyle 
led his team through the production of thousand-page bills for 
immediate floor consideration, or the production of last-minute 
credentials for important, historic public events. In each case, 
Congress got what it needed--on time and accurate.
  There are generations of staff who always knew that if they ran into 
a problem, they could call Lyle at the Congressional Desk at GPO and 
he'd get it straightened out. And he always did it with grace and 
humility. As Lyle wraps up work on his fourth presidential 
inauguration, he deserves to be proud of his 30 years of service to 
GPO, Congress, and American democracy. As chairperson of GPO's 
oversight committee, the Joint Committee on Printing, I want to express 
Congress' gratitude for Lyle's tireless work on behalf of our 
constituents, most of whom will never know Lyle's continuing 
contributions.
  I wish Lyle lots of time with his family and his beloved Washington 
Nationals secure in the knowledge that he made a great and lasting 
contribution to his country. With his retirement at the end of this 
month, he will leave the agency he loves stronger than when he found 
it.

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