[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 19 (Thursday, February 1, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  MICHAEL JOSEPH REED'S STRONG LEGACY

  (Mr. BISHOP of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise to remember a dedicated 
public servant and appropriations policy adviser par excellence, my 
former chief of staff and friend, Michael Joseph Reed. Michael 
transitioned on Monday, January 15.
  Starting as a Presidential management intern at the U.S. Department 
of Transportation, he went on to serve two prolific congressional 
appropriators--Congressmen Lou Stokes of Ohio and Bill Gray of 
Pennsylvania.
  When I got a seat on the House Appropriations Committee in 2003, I 
needed a seasoned specialist and was blessed to have Michael Reed join 
my team, first as special assistant, then deputy chief of staff, and 
finally chief of staff and senior policy adviser.
  For 18 years I matriculated in the Michael Reed school of budgetary 
policy. He was a master. Learning the intricacies of ag policy, he 
became an asset to me and was highly respected on both sides of the 
aisle.
  Upon leaving the Hill, he was honored by the communities and 
industries he helped, including the University of Georgia College of 
Agriculture and the Georgia Peanut Commission, among others. The 
research and disaster relief he made possible for American agriculture 
are among his lasting legacies.
  Family and friends will celebrate his life in a private ceremony this 
week. We mourn his loss but thank God that his legacy of service will 
endure.

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