[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RECOGNIZING THIRTY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE OF VICKIE L. BANDY

  (Mr. RAHALL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, the Bible tells us for everything there is a 
season. Surely, that includes a time to work and a time to rest.
  Since 1979 I've had the privilege and indeed the honor of working 
with a West Virginian who has had an extraordinary time of working with 
me for the people of southern West Virginia. Vickie L. Bandy was born 
in our hometown of Beckley, West Virginia, and came to Washington, our 
Nation's Capital, three decades ago. She began her long career serving 
the State she loves and its people at my front desk. This week she 
retires from her Hill career serving as my deputy chief of staff.
  Vickie, as we say back home, was raised right by her parents. But the 
truest power her parents gave her was her active faith. Far from being 
left at the church steps on Sunday mornings, Vickie's faith never 
tires. She has carried that throughout her career working on my staff 
and working for the people of southern West Virginia.
  Our mission, of course, is larger, filling the giant void that is 
left in Vickie's absence. And I'm sure that we will have a hard task to 
do in our office, but we will do it for the people of West Virginia and 
for Vickie's continuing legacy of working for those people.

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