[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18095]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        DELEGATE LACEY E. PUTNEY

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                            HON. ROBERT HURT

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 3, 2013

  Mr. HURT. Mr. Speaker, this year marks Delegate Lacey E. Putney's 
retirement from 52 years of distinguished public service and 
accomplishment representing Bedford and the surrounding area in the 
Virginia House of Delegates. Born in Big Island, Virginia, Delegate 
Putney is the longest-serving member of the Virginia House of Delegates 
in the Commonwealth's history, having served since January 1962. He was 
a member of the Appropriations Committee for nearly 50 years, including 
5 years as its Chairman, providing critical leadership in the 
development of our state's balanced budgets each year. Legislators on 
both sides of the aisle have always had the utmost respect for Delegate 
Putney because he has always led based on his conscience and his 
convictions rather than partisan interests. He will be remembered for 
his service to our country in the United States Air Force, his devotion 
to fiscal responsibility, his commitment to economic development, and 
his legacy of independent-minded leadership for our great Commonwealth.
  Lacey Putney devoted his life and career to the betterment of his 
community and our entire state. On behalf of myself and Representatives 
Bob Goodlatte, Bobby Scott, Randy Forbes, Rob Wittman, Morgan Griffith 
and Scott Rigell, I thank Delegate Putney for his decades of service to 
the great Commonwealth of Virginia. It has been an honor to serve with 
him, and I wish him and his wife, Carmela, the best in his retirement.

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