[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 194 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING JAMIE MILLER FOR HIS SERVICE TO MISSISSIPPI

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                         HON. STEVEN M. PALAZZO

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 14, 2022

  Mr. PALAZZO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of my 
former staff, Jamie Miller, for his dedication to the state of 
Mississippi.
  Jamie was born in Gulfport, MS, and graduated from Gulfport High 
School. He has an associate degree from Mississippi Gulf Coast 
Community College, where he attended on a baseball scholarship, and a 
Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South em Mississippi 
in Hattiesburg. Jamie has been married to his wife, Kelli, for 25 
years, and they have 3 children. Their oldest daughter, Maddison Miller 
Cuevas, is a University of Southern Mississippi graduate and lives in 
Birmingham, AL. Their second daughter, Carson Miller, attends 
Mississippi State University in Starkville, and their youngest son, 
Landon Miller, is a freshman at Stanford University.
  Jamie began his career as a coastal ecologist working for the 
Department of Marine Resources in 1997. The City of Pascagoula hired 
him in 1999 as a planning coordinator and grant administrator, focused 
on downtown development and hazard mitigation. He worked his way to the 
position of Deputy City Manager before leaving for the private sector. 
After Katrina, Jamie worked with the Mississippi Emergency Management 
Agency to assist local communities with recovery efforts but joined 
Governor Haley Barbour's Office of Recovery and Renewal in April 2006.
  In 2011, Jamie joined my team, initially as the District Director but 
became Chief of Staff in my Washington, D.C. office. During his tenure, 
he worked to connect federal resources and legislative solutions to 
South Mississippi communities, businesses, and individual constituents. 
Jamie participated in the drafting and the RESTORE Act, which paved the 
way for billions of dollars to be directed to the Gulf States for 
recovery from the Deep-Water Horizon Oil Spill. He also worked on 
National Flood Insurance Program, Defense, and Commercial Space policy.
  Following his time as a federal employee, Jamie continued to serve 
the state of Mississippi. In 2013, Governor Bryant appointed Jamie as 
Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Marine resources. 
Then in 2018, Jamie received another Governor appointed leadership role 
as the Deputy Director of the Mississippi Development Agency. Jamie is 
currently the Chief Operations Officer at MDA and is responsible for 
all aspects of the agency's administrative, technology, and financial 
divisions. Jamie directly coordinates the staff assigned to the 
administration of the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund.
  Madam Speaker, it is with gratitude and appreciation that I honor 
this Mississippi native and my friend, Jamie Miller.

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