[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING KATHLEEN SPILLANE

  (Mr. SESSIONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I stand on a bipartisan basis with one of 
my fellow colleagues, Lloyd Doggett, from Travis County, Texas.
  Mr. Speaker, today, we became the beneficiaries of seeing the Corps 
of Engineers from the Fort Worth District visit us to talk about the 
water needs and the infrastructure of our water programs in Texas.
  Today, I rise to recognize Kathleen Spillane, chief of the Civil 
Works Branch for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth 
District.
  In this role, Kathy oversees a comprehensive portfolio of critical 
water resources development projects in Texas, including flood risks, 
management, water supply, and operations.
  Kathy manages a civil works program valued at over $1 billion, 
supervising a team that takes input from not only Members of Congress 
but also communities throughout Texas. Under her direction, the Fort 
Worth District's 25 reservoirs, which provide over one-third of Texas' 
surface drinking water, are effectively managed.
  I am very proud of the years Kathy has spent not only with the Corps 
but in service to the people of the United States of America and, in 
particular, Texas.
  Kathy has done a great job. I am very proud of her. May God be with 
her as she travels back home to our home State of Texas.

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