[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9926]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           IN RECOGNITION OF
                           MAJOR MARISA PACE

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                          HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 24, 2016

  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure I rise to pay 
tribute to Major Marisa Pace for her exemplary dedication to duty and 
service as an Army Congressional Liaison for the Chief of Army Reserve. 
In that role, she managed the Appropriations Portfolio for the Army 
Reserve. I am grateful that she will continue to serve the Army and 
Congress in her new assignment as Plans Officer for the 1179th Surface 
Deployment and Distribution Command in Fort Hamilton, New York. I know 
we all wish her well in her new position.
  A native of Woodside, New York, Major Pace graduated from West Point 
in June of 2001 and was commissioned into the Transportation Corps as a 
2nd Lieutenant. In the course of her career, she also earned a Master's 
degree in Legislative Affairs from The George Washington University.
  Major Pace has served in a broad range of assignments during her 15 
years of service as an officer in the United States Army. Prior to 
moving to the Army Congressional Liaison Office in 2011, she was 
assigned to Headquarters Army, G-4 (Logistics) as the Executive Officer 
for the Director of the Transportation and Distribution Directorate. 
She deployed in 2003 as a Platoon Leader with 68th Transportation 
Company, 28th Transportation Battalion, Mannheim, Germany and again in 
2005 as the Plans and Training Officer for 37th Transportation Brigade 
out of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Major Pace's other assignments include 
Osan Airbase, Korea, where she served as the Officer In Charge of the 
Movement Control Team from 2001-2002 and Germany, where she served as a 
Platoon Leader in 28th Transportation Battalion and the Headquarters 
and Headquarters Company Executive Officer and Training Officer for 
37th Transportation Brigade.
  Her service in the Army Reserve is highlighted by her selection in 
2012 to serve as an Army Congressional Fellow. While assigned to the 
Office of the Chief of Army Reserve from 2012 to 2016, Major Pace spent 
a year representing the Army to the Congress by working in the office 
of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). In this role, Major Pace served as 
policy advisor on all matters relating to defense and national 
security. After this, she served as a legislative liaison in the Office 
of the Chief of Army Reserve. In this capacity, Major Pace directly 
represented the Chief of Army Reserve to the Senate and House 
appropriations committees to educate and inform Senators, 
Representatives, and staff on critical Army Reserve funding issues.
  Major Pace grew accustomed to living so far from family during her 
time in the Army. So let me also acknowledge her parents, Paul and 
Renee Pace, her sisters Megan Pace and Michele Pace-Holthusen, her 
brother Paul Pace Jr. and her in-laws John Holthusen, Micky Harris and 
Janine Accardi for their unwavering love and support. I thank them for 
their sacrifices as well and wish them all the best for continued 
success in the future.
  Throughout her 15 year career, Major Marisa Pace has made positive 
impacts on the careers and lives of her soldiers, peers, and superiors, 
and I am grateful that she has chosen to continue to serve back in our 
home state of New York. I join my colleagues today in honoring her 
dedication to our Nation and invaluable service to the United States 
Congress as an Army congressional liaison.

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