Volume 163, No. 100 covering the 1st Session of the 115th Congress (2017 - 2018) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“THE MEMBERS OF CONNECTICUT'S HOUSE DELEGATION HONOR RUDY BROWN ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E815 on June 13, 2017.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
THE MEMBERS OF CONNECTICUT'S HOUSE DELEGATION HONOR RUDY BROWN ON THE
OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT
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HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO
of connecticut
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to rise today and join my Connecticut colleagues, John Larson, Joe Courtney, Jim Himes, and Elizabeth Esty, in extending our deepest thanks and sincere appreciation to Rudy Brown, who, after a thirty-one year career with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be retiring later this year. As the government liaison for EPA's Region 1 office, each of us has had the opportunity to work with Rudy on a variety of projects over the years and owe him a great debt of gratitude for all of his good work.
In our roles as Members of Congress, we and our staffs deal with a number of federal agencies while working on behalf of our constituents and yet it is rare to find someone like Rudy. His dedication and commitment to his work and helping to fulfill the mission of the EPA are second to none. He has met every challenge with a willingness to roll-up his sleeves and see what could be done, and always with a smile.
In a career that has spanned over three decades, and with responsibilities to the six New-England States that make up EPA's Region 1, Rudy has spent countless hours ensuring that Congressional members and their staffs had the information and background they needed to address issues of concern to their residents. From large Superfund projects and issues concerning the Long Island Sound, to cornfields redevelopment and grant announcements, we and our staffs have always known that we could count on Rudy's guidance and have never doubted that he would provide us with the best possible information, even if it was not necessarily what we were hoping to hear--that is an invaluable resource when it comes to constituent service.
As he comes up on his retirement, we stand together to say thank you to Rudy Brown--thank you for your thirty-one years of federal service, thank you for your unwavering commitment, and thank you for making the time to ensure that we have been able to serve our constituents in the best possible way. We have no doubt that his wife and daughters are looking forward to spending more time with him and wish him all the best for many more years of health and happiness as he enjoys this next chapter of his life.
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