[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 189 (Tuesday, December 6, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING STEPHEN P. DAILEY, P.E., GENERAL MANAGER OF THE FAIRFAX 
                 DRAINAGE DISTRICT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY

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                          HON. SHARICE DAVIDS

                               of kansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 6, 2022

  Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Stephen P. Dailey, Professional Engineer and General Manager of the 
Fairfax Drainage District of Wyandotte County for his exemplary 
professional accomplishments.
  Mr. Dailey's career in public service began after graduating from the 
University of Missouri--Kansas City with a Bachelor of Science degree 
in Civil Engineering and becoming licensed as a professional engineer. 
He spent 14 years in the municipal well drilling industry prior to his 
time at Fairfax Drainage District.
  Throughout Mr. Dailey's 30-year tenure as General Manager, he was 
responsible for protecting investments amounting to nearly $6 billion 
in a 2,000-acre industrial park. He oversaw preparations and guided 
flood control operations for multiple record-breaking high-water 
events, a highlight that only begins to scratch the surface of three 
decades working in honorable service to Kansas.
  Beyond supervising operation and maintenance of the district's 
complex flood projection system comprised of 5 miles of levee, over 100 
relief wells, 12 pump stations and a computerized communications 
network, Mr. Dailey spent 27 years serving on the Fairfax Industrial 
Association Board of Directors and over 15 years as an active board 
member and committee chair of the Missouri and Associated Rivers 
Coalition, promoting water resource management for effective flood 
control and navigation works.
  I've also had the pleasure of working with Mr. Dailey while in 
Congress. Last year, I had the pleasure of sponsoring community project 
funding to perform maintenance of the Fairfax Jersey Creek Upper Levee. 
I commend Mr. Dailey for his dedication to our state and to our 
country, and the 120-plus businesses in the Kansas City, Kansas 
community he has tirelessly worked to support and protect.

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