[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11635]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   PAYING TRIBUTE TO PATRICK JENNINGS

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                           HON. JON C. PORTER

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 15, 2006

  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Patrick Jennings, who 
has diligently served the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and 
Agency Organization, of which I am the Chairman, for the past several 
months.
  Prior to Patrick beginning his service with the Subcommittee, he 
served as the retirement policy expert on law enforcement and 
firefighter issues for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In 
this role, he took the lead for retirement-related input to the 
Congressionally-mandated OPM report entitled Federal Law Enforcement 
Pay and Benefits (July 2004). Patrick served as primary expert for 
advising the Center for Retirement and Insurance Services on competing 
survivor claims, state laws on inheritance and marriage, and foreign 
marriages. He also acted as agency representative in administrative 
litigation before the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, thereby 
promoting OPM's position in a variety of retirement areas.
  Patrick began his service with the Subcommittee on the Federal 
Workforce and Agency Organization in January 2005, as a detailee from 
the OPM. Over the course of the past year and a half, Patrick has 
proven himself time and again as a man of exemplary professionalism. As 
Senior Counsel, Patrick's service was of an extraordinary caliber, 
where he made recommendations on a variety of issues and legislation 
before the Subcommittee.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Patrick Jennings. The dedication he 
has shown to the work of the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and 
Agency Organization is greatly appreciated, and he will be surely 
missed. I wish him the best in his future endeavors.

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