[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21633]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                   TRIBUTE TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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                           HON. PAUL D. RYAN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 18, 2015

  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank our 
legislative counsel for all their help over the past few weeks, 
starting with Sandra Strokoff and Ed Grossman.
  I also want to thank all the senior and assistant counsels for their 
hard work: Tom Cassidy, Ryan Greenlaw, and Justin Gross on 
appropriations; Henry Christrup, Wade Ballou, and Scott Probst on 
taxes; Paul Callen, Marshall Barksdale, and Veena Srinivasa on housing 
and financial services; Hallet Brazelton, Megan Chasnoff, and Susan 
Fleishman on the 9/11 VCF and immigration; Jessica Shapiro, Warren 
Burke, Ed Grossman, Jesse Cross, and Michelle Vanek on the WTC health 
program; Bob Weinhagen on budget; Lucy Goss on social security; Hank 
Savage on oceans and coastal security; and Tony Sciascia and Hadley 
Ross on intelligence.
  Then there are the drafters who worked nights and weekends to produce 
all the other major legislation: Curt Haensel, Rosemary Gallagher, Tom 
Dillon, Karen Anderson, Tim Brown, Sally Walker, Brady Young, and Chris 
Osborne on the highway bill; Sherry Chriss, Greg Kostka, Hadley Ross, 
Tony Sciascia, and Mark Synnes on the defense bill; Susan Fleishman, 
Anna Shpak, and Brendan Gallagher on the education bill; and Sandy 
Strokoff, Mark Synnes, and Mat Eckstein on trade and customs bills.
  Finally I want to thank all the office's support staff: Nancy 
McNeillie, Debby Birch, Kelly Meryweather, Elonda Rich, Tomas 
Contreras, Miekl Joyner, Ashley Anderson, Joe Birch, Angelina Patton, 
Craig Sterkx, Tom Meryweather, and Matthew Loggie.

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