[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12674-12675]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF JO-ANN LOFTUS

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 17, 2008

  Mr. CROWLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
wonderful woman; Jo-Ann Loftus is retiring from the New York Stock 
Exchange after being a dedicated employee for the past 34 years.
  Jo-Ann has proven herself to be a dedicated and relentlessly 
hardworking employee. Starting out as a secretary, Jo-Ann has worked 
her way up to become manager of the Government Relations department. In 
her many years of employment there, Jo-Ann has touched many lives at 
the NYSE.
  Jo-Ann is also the mother of two children and would be described by 
them as supportive, loving and full of life and integrity. Jo-Ann 
raised her children as a single mother, working full time and putting 
both through college on her own. She has also never missed one dance 
recital, baseball game, after-school event or award ceremony that her 
children have been involved in.
  Jo-Ann is also the founder of His Final Touch Prayer group and has 
been the faithful leader for over a decade. Jo-Ann is also a very 
involved member of her local Catholic parish and community.

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  She will be very missed by her colleagues and friends at the New York 
Stock Exchange but they are very confident that she will be just as 
successful at retirement as she has been in her years of work and 
service there.

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