[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 109 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          RECOGNIZING REBECCA SNYDER FOR HER OUTSTANDING WORK

  (Ms. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the staff 
that make our work possible, and one staff member, in particular, who 
has dutifully served the House for 20 years: Rebecca Snyder.
  When I started in this body 4 years ago, I hit the ground running, in 
large part due to Rebecca.
  She has directly assisted over 1,100 constituents and helped 
rightfully return over $10 million to taxpayers while she has worked 
with me.
  As our Military Service Academy coordinator, she has upleveled and 
diversified the nominees heading to our Nation's prestigious service 
academies.
  Her former bosses, Congressman Adam Smith and Mr. Denny Heck, my 
predecessor, remember Rebecca as being a trusted and determined 
constituent advocate, helping us better serve the American people.
  Rebecca has made it her life's work to serve our Nation with 20 years 
of service in the U.S. Navy prior to the U.S. House. Enlisting at the 
age of 19, serving as an aviation electrician tech, she rose to the 
rank of chief petty officer when she separated in 2004.
  Rebecca is the very best of a public servant: determined and 
constituent-focused with a little bit of tough as nails thrown in.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Rebecca so much for all she does for the people 
across the South Sound and the work she continues to do. We are 
grateful for her service to our Nation.

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