[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 17, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S144-S145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO JOHN MEEHAN

 Mr. SCHMITT. Madam President, I rise today to honor John 
Meehan of Sedalia, MO, for his investment in his community and 
willingness to serve his fellow Missourians.
  John Meehan has been a dedicated member of various community chambers 
and nonprofits boards, applying his knowledge of the region and his 
desire to cultivate relationships to make the community better.
  Throughout Meehan's varied career, he has served wherever there was 
opportunity, including as vice president of Third National Bank from 
1982 to 2009, Pettis County Presiding Commissioner from 2011 to 2014, 
serving on the board of directors for the United Way in Sedalia-Pettis 
County from 2008 to 2015, as president of the board of directors for 
the Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce from 2017 to 2018, and as council 
chairman of the Wesley United Methodist Church from 2016 to the 
present. He has even joined as a cohost of a morning talk show called 
``Let's Talk,'' to promote local happenings throughout Sedalia.
  John Meehan is truly a Champion of Missouri. Even in retirement, 
Meehan continues to be an active member of civic organizations like the 
Sedalia Noonday Optimist Club, the Lions Club of Sedalia, and the 
Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce. I wish him and his wife Mary all the 
best in his retirement, though I suspect he will continue to remain 
quite active in his community. Missourians are better off because of 
his servant leadership and his dedication to his neighbors.

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