[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 91 (Friday, May 24, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THANKING JOANN FARLEY FOR HER SERVICE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                         HON. JOHN P. SARBANES

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 24, 2024

  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to thank my constituent, Joann 
Farley, who is retiring on May 31, 2024 after over 21 years of 
outstanding service to the House of Representatives in financial 
administrative and support roles. Joann lives in Annapolis, MD, and I 
am proud to represent her here in Congress.
  Joann is retiring after having lent her talents and skills to the 
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for over two decades. The daughter 
of a U. S. Army soldier. Joann grew up on several Army bases and 
eventually landed in Marina, CA, where she started her federal career 
as an aide for the Supply Department of the Naval Postgraduate School. 
In August 1982, she met a young Navy Lieutenant, Norm Farley of 
Annapolis, MD, who decided then and there that he wanted to marry her, 
and the two married in 1984. As a Navy wife moving from base to base, 
she continued her career in various positions with the Navy, IRS, Army 
Research Center and Department of Veterans Affairs. She and Norm were 
blessed with three children: Laura in 1989, Jared in 1992 and Jacob in 
2000. Eventually the family landed in the Washington. D.C. area. where 
Joann worked for the Department of the Air Force, the Naval Academy and 
the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
  In March 2003, Joann began her career with the CAO as a Vendor 
Management and Financial Counselor, processing payments and providing 
financial services and optimization of resources to House offices to 
ensure adherence to House rules and regulations. She managed and 
enforced over 50 vendor contracts to ensure swift and comprehensive 
vendor response, safeguarding House terms and conditions. Her 
knowledge, experience and courteous attentiveness enabled her to be an 
invaluable asset to the House of Representatives. Joann also formed 
long-lasting friendships with her customers and colleagues, among whom 
she is well respected and will be dearly missed.
  Joann became a proud grandmother in 2019 when Laura gave birth to 
twins Lilyana and CeCe, and later, granddaughter Raina was born in 
2023. She and Norm recently purchased a home in Cape Coral, FL, where 
Joann will enjoy her retirement spending time with her family, pursuing 
various creative and home improvement projects, and enjoying winters in 
sunny Florida as a `snowbird.'
  I congratulate Joann on her retirement and I ask my colleagues to 
join me in thanking her for her distinguished service to the House and 
our Nation. I wish her all the best as she begins a new chapter in her 
life.

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