[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17338]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     RECOGNIZING MRS. NELL MAHONEY

  (Mr. FLEISCHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank Mrs. Nell Mahoney 
for her years of columns in the Chattanooga Times Free Press, my 
hometown paper.
  Nell has written for the paper for 38 years. Her column has covered a 
wide array of topics but was largely focused on faith and spirituality. 
Her words touched many in the community, including my wife, Brenda, who 
eagerly awaited her column every Sunday.
  Nell moved to Chattanooga with her late husband, Reverend Ralph 
Mahoney, in 1965 and immediately ingrained herself not only in First 
Centenary United Methodist Church, but the entire town.
  While her column may be finished, her community involvement is 
certainly not. Mrs. Mahoney plans to continue teaching at the church, 
speaking around the community, and is considering writing a book. She 
has already written and published 13.
  Nell, thank you for giving so much of your time and for touching so 
many people throughout our community.
  I will close with a line from her favorite song, a classic from ``The 
Sound of Music'': So long, farewell.
  And thank you, Nell.

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