[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8140]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  SUZANNE McDANIEL: A HERO TO VICTIMS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to celebrate the life of 
a friend and someone who changed the lives of victims throughout the 
Nation.
  Suzanne McDaniel appeared in my court years ago as one of the first 
prosecutor-based victim assistance directors in the State of Texas. She 
went on to start the Texas Crime Victims Clearinghouse, the first of 
its kind anywhere in the United States.
  In recognition of her incredible work, she was tapped as the State's 
crime victim information officer, educating and influencing the 
community and the State legislature with her vast knowledge of victims' 
issues. This led to her role as a legislative liaison for the State 
coalition of victim organizations and her leadership on the board of 
the National Organization of Victim Assistance.
  Suzanne's accomplishments are far reaching, touching lives in Texas 
and throughout our Nation. A crime victim wrote:

       Suzanne feels everyone is important and needed in the fight 
     to improve assistance for crime victims. I have never heard 
     her say, It's not my job. In fact, she has never been shy 
     about poking her nose into things and offering assistance. 
     Her enthusiasm and dedication is boundless.

  Mr. Speaker, her work will continue to touch crime victims for many 
years to come, and victims are safer in America because of Suzanne 
McDaniel and her life.
  And that's just the way it is.

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