[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15416-15417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING KAY AND MARY KRAMER

 Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I wish to honor two remarkable 
Iowans. Kay and Mary Kramer of Clive, IA have served their local 
community, our great State of Iowa, and America well. They have set an 
example of civic service that all people should be proud to follow.
  Mary has a distinguished record of service to our country. She was 
the U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. 
Additionally, she served on the White House Commission on Presidential 
Scholars, honoring outstanding high school seniors each year for both 
their academic and artistic achievements.
  Mary has also served her home State of Iowa well. She has done this 
through her work in the Iowa Senate where she was elected and reelected 
for more than a decade. While serving in the senate, Mary was chosen by 
her fellow senators to be President of the senate. Her election to this 
position of leadership is a testament to the respect Mary has earned 
from those who know her best.
  Mary and her husband Kay make a great, civically-minded team. Kay was 
named as a West Des Moines Citizen of the Year and is an active 
volunteer in his community. He served on the West Des Moines Board of 
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and is still active as an officer with the West Des Moines Rotary Club.
  I am proud to call Kay and Mary Kramer friends, and I am happy to 
honor both of them here today. I appreciate their tireless efforts to 
serve Iowa and America. I hope that their good work, and lifetime of 
service, does not stop any time soon.

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