[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 28947]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      ON THE OCCASION OF THE RETIREMENT OF LIBRARIAN GEORGE KLINE

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 1, 2009

  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life's work 
of George Kline, a librarian in our Federal Depository Library Program. 
Mr. Kline, with long and distinguished service in providing U.S. 
Government information to the citizens of the 9th District of Ohio has 
retired after providing U.S. Government information to the citizens 
since he started as government documents librarian in 1971.
  In 1981 he became coordinator for the library's federal depository 
collection, which is one of the more than 1200 Congressionally 
designated Federal Depository Libraries nationwide, and one of the four 
depository libraries serving our region. Mr. Kline has been an active 
and dedicated promoter of the use of government information, and has 
served with distinction on numerous committees and as president of the 
Government Documents Round Table of Ohio, which recently honored him 
with its ``Clyde'' award for achievement and service.
  Daniel Webster said, ``Let us develop the resources of our land, call 
forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great 
interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not 
perform something worthy to be remembered.'' In his nearly forty year 
career in service to our nation's government as he carefully kept 
record of our documents and made them available to all, George Kline 
has upheld this ideal.
  We wish Mr. Kline a retirement much deserved, traveling this new road 
of his life's journey with those for whom he cares and doing that which 
he enjoys.

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