[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2446]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

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                      TRIBUTE TO CHRISTY PRIETSCH

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, this week, the Senate will bid a fond 
farewell to the director of its Employee Assistance Program, Christy 
Prietsch.
  Christy is retiring after more than a decade of dedicated service in 
the Senate. She has made quite an impression since coming here in 2004. 
Senate employees know Christy as a warm and inviting person they can go 
to whenever they need someone to talk to. She is experienced in helping 
others overcome obstacles both personal and professional, and it is 
clear that her care and concern for the Senate community is as genuine 
as it is deep.
  But for Christy, we also know that such a fulsome commitment to 
serving the Senate has meant spending less time with her husband and 
her son than she would like. So we hope this decision to retire will 
give Christy the opportunity to see more of her family. We also hope 
that, after helping so many others for so many years--not only in the 
Senate, but before that in agencies such as the Secret Service and 
Department of Justice--Christy will have a little more time to pursue 
her own passions too.
  So the Senate sends its thanks to this dedicated professional who has 
touched the lives of many, Christy Prietsch, and we wish her well in 
retirement.

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