[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8820]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATING LESLI McCOLLUM GOOCH

  (Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, occasionally we have 
an opportunity to come to the floor to celebrate something. Lesli 
McCollum Gooch has been my legislative director for over 3 years. She 
began her service on Capitol Hill in the fall of 1999 as a 
Congressional Fellow for Marge Roukema of New Jersey. At the conclusion 
of the fellowship, Lesli served as Representative Roukema's legislative 
director until the congresswoman retired at the end of the 107th 
Congress.
  Lesli has been working on her Ph.D. for 10 years. She began working 
as a Graduate Fellow at Carl Albert Congressional Research and Study 
Center at the University of Oklahoma. In 1998, Lesli joined the 
University of Oklahoma's Institute of Public Affairs. She received a 
Master's in political science from the University of Oklahoma in 1999.
  Lesli defended her dissertation on April 10, 2006, and graduated with 
her Doctorate of Philosophy degree on May 12, 2006.
  Mr. Speaker, I will not call her ``Doctor,'' but do as I do, call her 
``PhuD'' when you see her.

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