[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21595]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO CHERYL S. CROMWELL

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, today I wish to honor Ms. Cheryl S. 
Cromwell who will retire on January 3, 2016, after over 42 years of 
service to our Nation and the United States Air Force as a civilian 
airman.
  Ms. Cromwell began her civil service career in 1973 as a clerk in the 
Office of Programs and Resources for the U.S. Department of the Air 
Force. In 1974, Ms. Cromwell moved to the Air Force legislative liaison 
office under the Secretary of the Air Force where she would serve for 
the rest of her distinguished career. She worked in the Air Force 
Senate liaison office in the Russell Senate Office Building, but spent 
the majority of her time in the Air Force congressional inquiry office 
in the Pentagon.
  During her many years in the congressional inquiry division, Ms. 
Cromwell provided responses to over 50,000 inquiries on behalf of 
constituents and formed a strong working relationship with many on 
congressional staffs. It is not surprising that staff frequently 
requested that Cheryl personally work their most important and 
difficult cases.
  It is my honor to join many of Ms. Cromwell's co-workers, family, and 
friends in congratulating her on her well-deserved retirement after 
over 42 years of dedicated Federal service.

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