[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 2261]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MRS. BARBARA WHELTON

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                            HON. PETER WELCH

                               of vermont

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 7, 2017

  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. Barbara Whelton of 
Rutland, Vermont. Barbara is retiring from a distinguished career after 
nearly a half century of devoted public service.
  Mrs. Whelton has worked in various capacities for government agencies 
across the country. From 1970 to 1975, she worked for both the United 
States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island and the 
United States Marshals Service, assisting with the Service's nascent 
Witness Protection Program. Following a stint in the Audit Agency for 
the United States Air Force in Great Falls, Montana, Mrs. Whelton went 
to work for the United States Secret Service as a Contact 
Representative from 1975 to 1980.
  In 1980, Mrs. Whelton and her husband, Master Chief (U.S. Navy, Ret.) 
Paul Whelton, relocated to Rutland, Vermont where he was posted as a 
Deputy U.S. Marshal. Upon their arrival, Mrs. Whelton served as a legal 
assistant in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of 
Vermont. Except for a brief turn in the private sector, Mrs. Whelton 
served in our U.S. Attorney's office for twenty-four years before she 
was asked to become the judicial assistant to Vermont's sole judge on 
the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the 
Honorable Peter W. Hall.
  Mrs. Whelton has been Judge Hall's judicial assistant for the past 
thirteen years. She has worked tirelessly to ensure that chambers ran 
smoothly and that Judge Hall and his clerks were fully supported in 
handling their robust caseload. I can say with confidence that without 
Mrs. Whelton's determined efforts, the administration of justice would 
not have been as efficient or exacting.
  I know Barbara's colleagues will miss her sharp wit, her quiet 
determination, her devotion to duty, her professionalism, and most of 
all, her friendly demeanor.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me today 
in recognizing Mrs. Whelton's many contributions to our country and the 
states and communities she served during her exceptional career. I wish 
her many years of health and happiness in her well-earned retirement.

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