[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E867]
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                   HONORING ROBERT M. ``MIKE'' DUNCAN

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 20, 2023

  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an exemplary Kentuckian, 
Robert M. ``Mike'' Duncan. Mike was born in Oneida, Tennessee but came 
to Kentucky as a boy, where his father was a storekeeper in McCreary 
County. He is a graduate of the University of the Cumberlands and, in 
1974, earned a degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
  Mike Duncan has a distinguished list of professional, political, and 
personal accomplishments. People that know Mike Duncan will agree that 
he is an honorable man with a genuine love for his fellow Kentuckians 
and for this great Nation.
  Mike has served as Chair, President, and CEO of the Inez Deposit 
Bank. He has served as president of the Kentucky Bankers Association 
and as a Director of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank's Cincinnati 
Branch. He is chair of the Board of Trustees of Alice Lloyd College. 
Always passionate about education, Mike has been a mentor to numerous 
students over the years. He has served as chair of the Center for Rural 
Development in Somerset, KY and as a trustee of the Christian 
Appalachian Project. In 2012, he became the President and CEO of the 
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a non-profit advocacy 
group.
  At the federal level, Mike served our country as Assistant Director 
of Public Liaison under President George H. W. Bush. In 2001, President 
George W. Bush appointed him to the President's Commission of White 
House Fellows. Bush also nominated Mike to the Tennessee Valley 
Authority Board where he served as chair in 2009 and 2010. He also 
served as a member and former chair of the Board of Governors of the 
U.S. Postal Service beginning in 2018.
  Mike began his political career as a driver for Bob Gable. He has 
gone on to serve in numerous political campaigns and has been a 
delegate to 10 Republican National Conventions. He served the 
Republican National Committee as treasurer and general counsel from 
2002 until 2007, when he was elected as Chairman. He was first elected 
as Kentucky's National Committeeman to the RNC in 1992, a position that 
he has held since that time.
  Mike Duncan has been a leader in banking, in education, in federal 
service, and in the political arena. He is a man who leads with 
dignity, character, and selflessness. Mike Duncan is a true servant 
leader and I am humbled to honor his contributions to Kentucky and to 
the Nation before the United States Congress.

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