[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 981]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        RECOGNIZING GARY BAUMANN

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                            HON. SAM GRAVES

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 28, 2008

  Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, I proudly pause to recognize Gary Baumann, 
of Savannah, MO. On December 31, 2007, Gary retired from the United 
States Department of Agriculture--Rural Development with 21 years and 5 
months of Federal service.
  Gary started his career with USDA in 1975 as an Emergency Loan 
Assistant County Supervisor working for Farmers Home Administration in 
the Savannah, Missouri, office. Gary made many moves across northwest 
Missouri with USDA during his tenure, working in the Savannah, St. 
Joseph, Maryville, Bethany, and Maysville offices.
  On October 15, 1995, Gary was reassigned to Community Development 
Manager of the USDA--Rural Development area office in St. Joseph, MO, 
where he worked Community Development in a 5-county region consisting 
of Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb and Platte Counties. Gary worked 
in the St. Joseph Office until he retired at the end of 2007.
  Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in recognizing Gary 
Baumann, whose dedication to USDA and northwest Missouri has been truly 
exceptional. In my time in Congress, USDA Rural Development has been a 
great resource to work with, and it is people like Gary who have made 
that relationship between my office and USDA Rural Development what it 
is today. I am honored to serve him in the United States Congress.

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