[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15398]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING WHITNEY MITCHELL

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                           HON. HEATH SHULER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 16, 2012

  Mr. SHULER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the members of my 
Congressional Staff who have served with me over the past six years 
while I have been in office. A Member of Congress' most important 
responsibility is to provide exceptional constituent services and my 
team is second to none in providing the best assistance to all in our 
District. My Washington, D.C. office is also tasked with researching, 
processing, analyzing, and making recommendations on an infinite number 
of reports, policies, and legislation. I could not ask for a more 
talented or dedicated team, and I take great pride in the work that 
each staff member has done not only on my behalf, but also on behalf of 
the 11th Congressional District of North Carolina and the United 
States.
  My team has shown a strong sense of dedication to meeting the needs 
of our constituency. I owe a debt of gratitude to each one of them for 
the support and friendship they have shown me during my six years of 
service in the Congress.
  Whitney Mitchell has been an invaluable asset to my office since 
joining our team in February of 2009. Whitney's talents as a skilled 
and effective communicator were quickly recognized and rewarded with a 
series of promotions, ultimately achieving Press Secretary and 
Communications Director status. Few individuals on Capitol Hill have so 
effortlessly and skillfully developed a political acumen as sharp as 
Whitney's, or mastered the complexities of political nuance and 
communication as she has. Marking Whitney's strengths further still, 
she is also responsible for a broad portfolio of legislative issues for 
which she has proven her ability to rapidly research and synthesize 
voluminous amounts of information while also successfully 
reinterpreting complicated information into clearer, more 
comprehensible parts, the latter a critical skill to effectively 
communicate policy to our various constituent groups. In all, Whitney 
has been a trusted, loyal and exceptional member of my staff.
  Whitney should be proud of the service she has provided to our 
District and country. It has been an honor to serve with Whitney and as 
I retire from office I wish her the very best in the future. Western 
North Carolina is a better place because of her efforts and I will 
cherish the memories of serving with Whitney and the team by my side.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing and 
thanking Whitney Mitchell for her hard work on behalf of all of western 
North Carolina and the United States and to wish her continued success 
in her future endeavors.

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