[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 30, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H4348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CELEBRATING ANITA TAYLOR ON HER RETIREMENT

  (Ms. CLARKE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a sense of 
overwhelming gratitude and admiration for my longtime district 
director, Ms. Anita Taylor, as she celebrates her retirement.
  For more than two decades, from my days as a member of the New York 
City Council to my tenure in the House of Representatives, Anita has 
stood by my side, devoted to the cause of selflessly serving the people 
of the Ninth District of New York, the beloved community that we call 
home.
  As my district director, she has never failed to rise on behalf of 
those who need her aid or just her listening ear and wise counsel. 
Truly, Anita is a woman so dear to my heart, so essential to my team, 
and so beloved by the good people of Brooklyn.
  While I am overjoyed to see her embrace her next chapter and all the 
beauty, peace, and rejuvenation it has to offer, I cannot help but feel 
a sense of melancholy on having to enter into this new chapter in my 
own career without her by my side. Thankfully, I know she is only a 
phone call away.
  From the bottom of my heart and on behalf of Team Clarke and the 
people of New York's Ninth Congressional District, I thank Anita. I 
wish her only the best because the best is all she has ever delivered, 
and the best is what she deserves.
  I congratulate her.

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