[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6583-6584]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO MEGAN BEL

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute and give thanks 
to the very first person that came to work for me when I came to 
Congress 5 years ago, my legislative director, Megan Bel.

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  Unfortunately, she is going to be leaving our office as she goes on 
to bigger and better things. But Megan has been a tremendous and 
tireless public servant for the people of southeast Louisiana and has 
provided great leadership to our Nation. She's been a huge help to me 
on energy issues, on health care issues, on coastal restoration issues, 
and so many things. When the Deepwater Horizon disaster occurred 3 
years ago, Megan was right there helping not only to get people back to 
work, but also to help draft and lead through the legislative process 
the RESTORE Act, which provided incredible support to the people back 
home. She also provided great help to constituents.
  On a Friday afternoon, when we got a call from a father whose son 
needed lifesaving treatment, she worked through the whole weekend to 
get FDA approval for a lifesaving clinical trial.
  She's just a great public servant, somebody that I think we can all 
aspire and look up to. We will miss her here at the Capitol, and I 
surely will miss her at the office. But she will be going on to bigger 
and better things, and I wish her all the best.

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