[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13060]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               THANK YOU AND BEST WISHES TO MARK WELLMAN

  (Mr. CHABOT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment this evening 
to offer my appreciation and sincere best wishes to Mark Wellman, my 
chief of staff for the last 4 years, who is leaving us at the end of 
this week to accept an appointment as a professor of constitutional law 
at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
  Mark has superbly served as a congressional staffer for more than two 
decades--first, with our late colleague, Congressman Paul Gillmor of 
Ohio; and then, following an earlier tour at West Point, in my office.
  During all of those years, he has served with distinction in the 
National Guard, including a tour in Iraq, and has risen to the rank of 
colonel.
  He is an outstanding individual, a gentleman of the first order, the 
world's most loyal Chicago Cubs fan, and a great American. He will be 
truly missed.
  Good luck, Mark, and God bless you.

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