[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15858]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE SERVICE OF MAYOR LeROY GOODMAN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Nevada (Mr. Amodei) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. AMODEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to retiring 
Mayor of Fernley, Nevada, LeRoy Goodman.
  A native of the Silver State, born in Virginia City, Nevada, resident 
of Fernley for the last 44 years, former educator and high school 
coach, also a key member of the private sector after that working for 
Sentex from the Silver State in Nevada, for Nevada Cement, Mayor 
Goodman had and has a statewide network of friends which helped him 
serve his native city, his city that he is the mayor of, in an 
extraordinary manner.
  Member of the Association of Counties, Lyon County commissioner for 
12 years, he is one of those few folks that the phrase ``politician'' 
does not apply to; it is ``public servant.''
  What also applies to him is a word that we see used less and less 
these days when we talk about people who are elected by those, and that 
is a ``leader.'' The father of the effort to create Nevada's newest 
incorporated city, being Fernley, in the legislature during his term on 
the Lyon County Commission, his leadership was effective and resulted 
in the creation of that city. The people of Fernley were very well 
served.
  I want to read to you what he said when he was elected to be the 
mayor after serving a short term as the appointed one:

       I am both privileged and proud to be voted in as mayor of 
     Fernley. I shall endeavor to fulfill the role with dignity 
     and purpose. My priorities and mandate will be centered on 
     improving the overall functioning of the council, city 
     operations, and focusing on doing the people's business. 
     Fernley is my home. I am committed to giving the residents of 
     Fernley my absolute best.

  Mr. Mayor, your absolute best does us all proud.
  I want to add a few more praises to this tribute, and that is ``class 
act'' and ``true leader.''
  I want to also thank the first lady of Fernley, your wife, Diana, for 
her support of you and your endeavors, and say thank you very much on 
behalf of those folks not only at the home of the Vaqueros in Fernley, 
but also throughout Nevada.
  You are truly, truly a part of the fabric of not only your community, 
but our State.

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