[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E99]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING MR. GLENN R. BLANCHETTE

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                         HON. SUHAS SUBRAMANYAM

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 5, 2025

  Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Mr. Glenn R. 
Blanchette. Originally from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Mr. Blanchette 
joined the U.S. Army after graduating from the University of Rhode 
Island. After more than 20 years of honorable service, he retired as a 
Major in 2007 and began his next career with the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services.
  As the Regional Administrator for the National Capital Region, 
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, he has been at 
the forefront of emergency responses for multiple category four and 
five hurricanes and catastrophic earthquakes, both in the United States 
and internationally, for almost two decades.
  Not only was Mr. Blanchett a leader during natural disasters, but he 
displayed untiring dedication to the U.S. Congress for five 
Presidential Inaugurations, fifteen Lying in State and Lying in Honor 
ceremonies, more than fifty Congressional Gold Medal ceremonies, 
eighteen State Of The Union Addresses, twenty-three Joint Meetings of 
Congress, concerts, protests, and countless impromptu requests directly 
supporting the Office of Attending Physician to the U.S. Congress, and 
the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
  No matter whether it was early morning or late evening, a weekend or 
a holiday, rainy or bitterly cold, Mr. Blanchett orchestrated and 
supervised the delivery of tents, generators, equipment, and supplies 
for the treatment of heat injuries, traumatic injuries, Advance Cardiac 
Life Support responses, and patient evacuations, in direct support of 
the U.S. Congress.
  Regardless of world events, Mr. Blanchette's ``What do you need?'' 
and ``We are here for you'' attitude made the impossible, possible. He 
assembled teams of hundreds of elite medical professionals from all 
over the country to support tens of thousands of guests, dignitaries, 
security forces, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Associate Justices and the 
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Vice 
President and President of the United States, the U.S. Senate and the 
U.S. House of Representatives during National Special Security Events 
in the U.S. Capitol.
  Today I would like to honor Mr. Blanchette and thank him for his 
decades of service to our country both in the U.S. Army and with the 
Department of Health and Human Services, and I wish him well in his 
retirement.

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