[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 19014]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                       TRIBUTE TO MARIA HARRISON

 Mrs. HAGAN. Mr. President, Maria Harrison reported for her 
first day of work with the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, 
June 18, 1973. On January 3, 2015, she will retire from the U.S. 
Department of Transportation after 41 years and 6 months of service to 
our country as a Federal employee. Except for 10 months at the Small 
Business Administration, she spent her career in the transportation 
field:
  Federal Aviation Administration,
6/18/1973 to 07/30/1977; Small Business Administration, 07/31/1977 to 
05/20/1978; Department of Transportation/OST, 05/21/1978 to 04/03/1982; 
Department of Transportation/MARAD, 04/04/1982 to 12/24/1983; 
Department of Transportation/FAA, 12/25/1983 to 06/04/1988; Department 
of Transportation/FRA, 6/05/1988 to 11/03/2001; and Department of 
Transportation/OST, 11/04/2001 to Present.
  Ms. Harrison currently works in the Office of Governmental Affairs at 
U.S. DOT, where she has been of assistance to my office and 
constituents numerous of times. I am sure that every office in the U.S. 
Senate benefited directly from her good works. As much as her 
colleagues at U.S. DOT will miss her, she has earned the right to spend 
more time with her friends and family, especially her granddaughter 
whose pictures adorn the desk of her office. She has earned the deepest 
of gratitude from those of us in the U.S. Senate. Above all else, she 
has earned the thanks of the country she has so unselfishly served for 
over 41 years. Thank you Ms. Harrison.

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