[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16459]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATING ROBERT CASHELL ON HIS RETIREMENT

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Collins of Georgia). The Chair 
recognizes the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Amodei) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. AMODEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the retirement 
of a member of Nevada's public service varsity team, Reno mayor Bob 
Cashell. Bob was not a native of Nevada, but like most people in 
Nevada, he got there as quick as he could.
  He has been there for a long time and has had various titles during 
his public service career: chairman of the board of regents of the 
university system, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Nevada, and 
finally--maybe finally--as the mayor of the city of Reno.
  Bob is one of those folks who is blessed with vision that does not 
have many shades of gray. It is pretty black and white with the mayor 
when you talk to him, whether formally, informally, or whatever.
  Words like ``gosh'' and ``gee whiz'' are not used in his vocabulary 
much. He possesses an incredible volume to his voice, uses it often, 
and is happy to share with you his thoughts.
  Bob also has the support of an outstanding family: his wife and 
partner in life, Nancy, and his sons. His family has been key in terms 
of the fabric of the community of Truckee Meadows in northern Nevada 
for half a century or more.
  In the resort hospitality industry, Bob was involved with properties, 
ownership-management--whatever--in Reno, Winnemucca, Carson City, and 
that little town where they do a little bit of the gaming business in 
the south known as Las Vegas. He was an outstanding participant in all 
of those.
  A native of the Lone Star State, we were lucky to have Mayor Cashell 
come and make Nevada his home for all of his adult life and raise his 
family. Mr. Speaker, I thank Bob Cashell very much for his public 
service.
  We appreciate it, and I look forward to hopefully being able to speak 
about him not here on the floor of the House of Representatives, but in 
a roast in the Truckee Meadows some time where I can pay him back for 
when he spoke at my roast upon my retirement from the legislature.

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