[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2787]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO JACQUELYNE BRADY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize and honor the 
career of Jacquelyne ``Jackie'' Brady, as she retires from her position 
as town manager for Laughlin, NV.
  For more than 20 years, Jackie Brady has been dedicated to serving 
the residents of Clark County. As the Laughlin town manager, Jackie has 
managed municipal services that Laughlin residents depend on and enjoy. 
Throughout her tenure, Jackie has worked to build partnerships that 
spur economic progress and positively impact Laughlin and southern 
Nevada. Under her steadfast and innovative leadership, her office 
created the first economic development plan in the city, supported the 
improvement of Needles Highway, and helped develop the Colorado River 
Greenway Heritage Park and Trails, among other accomplishments.
  Jackie's success is hard-fought and well-earned. She was born and 
raised in east Texas in a segregated community where she was not even 
allowed to use the local library. Instead, Jackie and her peers had to 
learn from textbooks that were outdated and out of circulation. Despite 
this, Jackie went on to receive her bachelor's degree from East 
Tennessee State University, and she later returned to Texas to attend 
the newly established Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the 
University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with a master's 
degree.
  In addition to her role as Laughlin town manager, Jackie has served 
as the county liaison to the town of Searchlight, NV, for more than 17 
years. In 2014, Jackie was named a Distinguished Woman in Nevada, and 
in 2015, she was awarded Woman of the Year by the Real Life Church in 
Las Vegas. Jackie also sits on the Laughlin Chamber of Commerce board 
and has been involved with the Rotary Club, United Way Allocations 
Committee, Family Resource Center Board, and the former Laughlin 
Kiwanis Club.
  I congratulate Jackie on her many successes and decades of public 
service. I appreciate and commend her dedication to the Silver State, 
and I wish Jackie the best in her retirement and future endeavors.

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