[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 23999]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

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                               VICKI COX

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I want to mention a staffer of mine. She 
is not a Senator but she is very important in my office, Vicki Lee Cox; 
Vicki Lee, as she was when she came to work with me in 1978 when I was 
elected to the House of Representatives. Her father was a naval officer 
in the Naval Academy. She lived around the world. She was born in 
Pensacola, FL, grew up part of her life in the San Diego area, the San 
Francisco area, and in Newport, RI. I have worked with her for 26 
years, day in and day out. I tried to get her not to retire because 
these are very important employees. They make your office go. They make 
us look better than we should, day to day. They make things work in the 
office.
  Vicki, we will miss you in the office. We hope you will not be far 
off because we might need to bring you back to help us out from time to 
time as we get in a bind.
  We wish you and your husband Dale the very best, but we have a job 
opening for you if you want to change your mind. God bless you, and we 
enjoyed the 26 years.

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