[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 6115]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN RECOGNITION OF MAUREEN MARINELLI

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 30, 2015

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Maureen 
Marinelli, a thirty-two year veteran letter carrier for the United 
States Postal Service and the former president of the Massachusetts 
State Letter Carriers Association. As someone who served as a letter 
carrier in the past, I applaud her dedicated service to the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  Ms. Marinelli's career as a letter carrier began in 1983. Almost 
immediately, it was clear Maureen Marinelli was an exemplary leader 
among the Massachusetts Letter Carriers, and her peers took notice. 
Maureen worked tirelessly to help letter carriers across the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She spent her career working at the 
grassroots level, representing and advocating for her fellow letter 
carriers at the state and local level. She did this while remaining a 
loyal letter carrier. Because of her day to day drive to listen to 
local letter carriers, she understood the fundamental needs of the men 
and women we rely on to get our mail.
  After twenty years of distinguished service as a letter carrier, her 
peers elected her the president of the Massachusetts State Letter 
Carriers Association in 2004 and then again in 2011. During both terms 
in office, Maureen worked with labor groups across Massachusetts in 
order to better serve her letter carriers. Because of her hard work, 
she improved the lives of men and women across the Commonwealth by 
ensuring that our mail was delivered on time and with a smile.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Maureen Marinelli on this remarkable 
occasion. I ask that my colleagues join me in wishing her a wonderful 
retirement and many years of happiness, as well as in thanking her for 
working tirelessly as an advocate for letter carriers across the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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