[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14770]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING CORNERSTONE'S SUSAN NEIS

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate and recognize Susan 
Neis and the 29 years of service to our community she has provided as 
executive director for Cornerstone Advocacy Service.
  Susan's hard work began in 1985, when Cornerstone was just a few 
staff members and volunteers working together in one room out of a 
church in Bloomington. Under her leadership and her vision for 
preventing domestic abuse, Cornerstone has now grown to 80 employees 
who provide around-the-clock crisis counseling, emergency shelter 
services, and transitional housing to ten cities across Hennepin 
County.
  I have spent time at Cornerstone myself, and I have seen firsthand 
the services they provide in our community for adults and children who 
have been traumatized by domestic violence, by sexual violence, and 
human trafficking.
  Mr. Speaker, the impact of Cornerstone's success is a reflection of 
Susan's hard work, her dedication, and her passion.
  I would like to thank Susan for helping save lives, for serving our 
community, and I congratulate her on her successful tenure at 
Cornerstone, and I wish her the best in her retirement.

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