[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14860]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING HELEN SEWELL

  (Mr. HASTERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HASTERT. Ladies and gentlemen, for us on the Republican side of 
the aisle, it is a sad day today. We have lost Helen Sewell. Helen 
served in the Republican cloakroom for over 70 years. She was a person 
who was always happy, always met any special needs that people had.
  She starting serving in the House in the cloakroom with her father. 
She started working when she was in junior high. She was a very sweet 
lady. She was there all the time. Whether it was late at night, early 
in the morning, Helen was there with her hot dogs and tuna fish 
sandwich, and always a little hot sauce or relish if people wanted 
that. She loved working in the cloakroom and working for the people and 
serving the people that came to see her almost on a daily basis.
  When people like Gerald Ford or George Bush, Sr., or Dick Cheney 
would come by, they would always make sure that they took some time and 
conversed with her and greeted, kibitzed, a bit in the cloakroom.
  Some of her favorite Members include Henry Cabot Lodge and Claire 
Booth Luce, so Members know she went back a long, long time in this 
country's history.
  We will miss her. We thank the Lord for her service here, and I would 
just like to take a minute in remembrance.
  Thank you.

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