[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12370]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING NICHOLAS HROMALIK

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 28, 2017

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a dedicated 
member of my staff, Nicholas (Nick) Hromalik, who is leaving this week 
after serving in many capacities over the past six years.
  Nick graduated from the University of California, San Diego, in 2009, 
but he began on the path of public service even earlier, working as an 
intern for Senator Dianne Feinstein and then-Mayor of San Francisco 
Gavin Newsom while still in college. After graduation, he traveled to 
Washington to intern for my predecessor in Congress, Lynn Woolsey, and 
was soon hired to work for the Green the Capitol Initiative at the CAO. 
In that role, he helped to make the operations of the Capitol complex 
more sustainable and led outreach efforts to Member offices. Nick was 
called home to California upon that program's defunding, joining my 
team for the first time.
  Drawing on his deep Petaluma roots, Nick built relationships across 
the North Bay, meeting with community leaders and learning about local 
issues. Starting as a volunteer, he ultimately became the field 
director of my newly-announced campaign for Congress. On a break from 
the campaign, Nick also spent some time in my Assembly district office 
in San Rafael that year, where he helped constituents with casework, 
and served as a liaison to organized labor and Sonoma County elected 
officials.
  After my election to Congress in November 2012, Nick returned again 
to Washington, this time as one of my first hires in this office. Since 
my swearing-in in 2013, Nick has served California's second 
Congressional district with distinction, staffing me on issues as 
diverse as health care, agriculture, trade, energy, and education.
  In the six years I have had the pleasure of working with him, Nick 
has never lost sight of our mission--to solve problems and make a 
positive difference--and he has maintained deep connections to 
California that have served him well in his career. He has championed 
causes that needed a champion, from special education to clean energy, 
and he has maintained his good humor and dedication throughout.
  My family, my staff, and I all wish him and his fiancee Colleen 
Kilbride all the best as they travel to Chicago for the next step in 
their careers.

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