[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10571]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          THE OCCASION OF THE RETIREMENT OF CARLA R. HULTBERG

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                          HON. JOHN D. DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 26, 2013

  Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, today, Wednesday, June 24, 2013, I, along 
with my good friend Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member 
of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, would like 
to honor the contributions of Carla R. Hultberg on the occasion of her 
retirement from the House of Representatives after more than 24 years 
of exemplary service to Congress and the nation.
  Carla began her career in the House of Representatives in 1989 as 
Assistant Clerk for the Committee on Energy and Commerce, helping to 
implement a demanding legislative agenda set by then-Chairman John 
Dingell.
  In 1995, after receiving recognition for her exceptional work, Carla 
was asked to begin serving in two roles, conducting the Committee's 
exacting clerking responsibilities while also incorporating new online 
technologies that had never been used before on Capitol Hill.
  In 2007, Carla was promoted to Deputy Clerk of Technology and 
Administration and supervised a team of staffers managing and 
maintaining the office's networks and equipment and representing the 
Committee's administrative interests before the full House.
  In 2009, Carla took on perhaps her most significant challenge when 
she was promoted to Chief Clerk of the Oversight Committee under then-
Chairman Edolphus Towns, where she helped build a new majority office 
from the ground up and took the lead on all Committee operations.
  For the past three years, Carla has served as Chief Clerk for the 
minority staff of the Oversight Committee under Ranking Member Elijah 
E. Cummings, managing all legislative and investigative records, all 
clerking responsibilities, and all administrative and personnel 
operations.
  Throughout her career, Carla has been an anchor for Committee 
operations, and she has never sought credit or attention, although it 
is most certainly due.
  Carla is defined by her dedication, work ethic, and selflessness. She 
is the type of staffer that every Member of Congress seeks--and 
desperately wants to keep.
  Carla has touched the lives of countless Members of Congress who rely 
on her, congressional staffers who look up to her, and members of the 
American public whom she has served for more than two decades.
  Author Marianne Williamson said: ``Nothing liberates our greatness 
like the desire to help, the desire to serve.''
  No one embodies this quote better than Carla Hultberg. She has been a 
true servant of the American public, and she will be missed dearly in 
the halls of Congress.

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