[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22831-22832]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO HAZEL GETTY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to join all our Senate 
colleagues and the Sergeant-at-Arms in honoring a valued, longtime 
Senate employee, Hazel Getty. Hazel will retire on August 3 from the 
Senate after 28 years of faithful and successful service.
  For a staff member, Hazel has the unusual distinction of having 
served everyone in the Senate--Members, officers, staff, the Capitol 
Police and the Architect of the Capitol, and all their constituencies 
from her office in the Sergeant-at-Arms Printing, Graphics and Direct 
Mail, PG&DM, branch. In her role as manager of that department, Hazel 
has supported the people and processes which yield the many excellent 
printed products we rely on to inform, persuade and delight. Franked 
mail, floor charts, posters, the beautiful ``Welcome to Washington'' 
books we give to visitors, photocopying, and flag packaging are a few 
major services provided by Hazel's department, and there are many more. 
The extremely high quality of PG&DM products testifies to Hazel's 
devotion to excellence, to the Senate, and to the employees who work 
with her.
  Communication with each other and with our constituents is elemental 
to Senate business and Hazel's group is an essential communication hub 
here. They are our partners in governance and under Hazel's leadership 
have performed admirably. We thank Hazel for her leadership and wish 
her a healthy and happy retirement.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I want to join the majority leader and

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associate myself with his remarks regarding the contributions of Hazel 
Getty to the operation of the U.S. Senate. Hazel has overseen a 
remarkable advance in the technological capabilities of the Sergeant at 
Arms' Printing, Graphics and Direct Mail branch. We will all miss 
Hazel's excellent leadership and gentle nature. We wish her all the 
best in this next chapter of her life.

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