[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 2, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E189]
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    IN RECOGNITION OF GREGORY J. WASHINGTON ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 
                               RETIREMENT

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                           HON. STEVE SCALISE

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 2, 2021

  Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to extend my personal 
congratulations and best wishes to Mr. Gregory J. Washington, a New 
Orleans native, on the occasion of his retirement this year.
  Greg began his forty-year career in the energy sector as a 
``roughneck'' in the fields of south Louisiana during his high school 
summer breaks. For those of us who know Greg, it seems obvious that he 
would find success in the industry that offered him his first job. 
After graduating from Southern Methodist University in 1978, Greg 
started with Texaco as a ``landman'' in New Orleans and went on to 
become the State Mineral Board Representative from 1986 to 1990. Greg 
was later promoted to be Texaco's Senior Public and Government Affairs 
Representative for Louisiana and was eventually asked to transfer to 
Washington, D.C., for what he thought would be a short-term assignment. 
After many years with the Texaco and Chevron Washington offices, Greg 
has decided to hang up his hard hat for good and enter retirement.
  Throughout his career, Greg has shown his strong Louisiana work ethic 
and his ``come early, stay late'' attitude. He has always been eager to 
share his love of Louisiana and our culture with everyone he meets. He 
has continued to approach his work with an enthusiastic and positive 
outlook. As a result, he is well known and well liked, and his decision 
to retire certainly leaves a void that will be hard to fill. I know all 
his friends and colleagues will miss him dearly.
  Greg and Cassandra, his lovely wife of 40 years, are looking forward 
to spending more time together in their well-earned retirement. I 
expect that this will surely include more time in his hometown of New 
Orleans.
  I wish Greg and Cassandra all the best.

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