[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 149 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        REMEMBERING MARGARET ``MEGAN'' MICHAEL DEBRANSKI KELHART

  Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I rise today to honor the life of 
Margaret ``Megan'' Michael Debranski Kelhart. Megan passed away on 
August 19, 2022, after a heroic battle with cancer.
  Megan spent her career as a dedicated public servant. Megan most 
recently worked as head of congressional and legislative affairs for 
the Bureau of Reclamation. Prior to that, she worked for the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Senate. In these roles, she worked 
with nearly every congressional office.
  Megan was born on December 2, 1975, in Norfolk, VA. In 1994, Megan 
graduated from Lakeland High School where she excelled as a student and 
was a standout tennis player on a State champion tennis team. She was 
also a cheerleader, school band member, and prom queen. Megan later 
studied political science at Virginia Tech, where she was an active 
member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority and later received her master of 
science degree in natural resources.
  In 2001, Megan met her husband Matthew, while playing in the Senate 
summer softball league. The couple married in October of 2003. 
Together, they enjoyed college football and travelling the world 
together. In 2009, Megan and her husband welcomed their son, Matteson 
Michael Donnan Kelhart.
  Megan is survived by her husband Matthew and their son Matteson of 
Alexandria, VA; father Dr. Michael Debranski and mother Margaret 
Debranski of Suffolk, VA; grandmother Margaret Beamon of Suffolk, VA; 
father-in-law and his wife Joseph and Lily Kelhart of Bethlehem, PA; 
and mother-in-law and her husband Terri and Joseph Costa of Perkasie, 
PA; and many other loved ones.
  I ask our colleagues to join us in honoring the life of Margaret 
``Megan'' Michael Debranski Kelhart.

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