[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           THANKS TO MY CONGRESSIONAL AND SUBCOMMITTEE STAFFS

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                        HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2000

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I want to pay tribute to the best 
Congressional staff in America: mine. My outstanding Chief of Staff, 
Ginny Hotaling, and my staff at home: Linda Maneck, with nineteen years 
of experience, Ed Kelly, with fourteen years, Carol Joy Cunningham, Dee 
Jay Kweder, eighteen years with me and five with my predecessor, Bob 
McClory, Mary Jane Partridge and Nancy Johnson, and my Press Secretary, 
Linda Mae Carlstone, now in her second tour in that position--all have 
done superior work in serving me and our constituents. In Washington, 
my acclaimed Administrative Assistant, Katharine Fisher, my Office 
Manager, Jerri Lohman, with me for twenty years, my Legislative 
Director, Spencer Pearlman, the Executive Director of the Human Rights 
Caucus, Jeanette Windon, my Scheduler Jori Frahler, Mike Liles, Eric 
Rasmussen, and David Fabrycky--they have also been incredibly 
responsive to the challenges of a very active and demanding office, and 
I can never thank each of these wonderful individuals enough.
  My subcommittee staff is also simply the best on the Hill. Its 
exemplary Clerk, Tony McCann, and his colleagues: Carol Murphy, Susan 
Firth, Francine Salvador, and our detailees, Jeff Kenyon and Tom Kelly, 
have been knowledgeable, hard working and loyal. It has been a real 
privilege to work with them and with their predecessors, Bob Knisley, 
Sue Quantius, and Mike Myers, and I hope we can remain close in the 
years ahead.

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