[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Pages 27284-27285]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO EARL LEE MONHOLLAND

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I rise today to mark the loss of one of 
my

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staff members and to make a statement for The Congressional Record 
about the good work of this individual for the people of Iowa. Earl Lee 
Monholland died at home on October 31, 2005, due to heart illness, at 
the age of 37. Earl worked on my staff for 12 years as a constituent 
services specialist in Davenport, Cedar Rapids, and Washington, DC. He 
was a dedicated public servant who thoroughly enjoyed helping Iowans. 
He was committed to providing assistance in a responsive and timely 
manner and to making sure that whatever could be done got done behalf 
of a constituent having problems with the Federal bureaucracy. Earl 
also was an outstanding colleague to his fellow staff members, going 
out of his way to make things work for the entire team, especially with 
the computer systems. I greatly appreciate the fine work that Earl did 
during the last 12 years and the unassuming way he got the job done. 
There is no doubt that Earl Monholland will be missed by his friends 
and colleagues on the Grassley staff.

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