February 4, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 23 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E128-E129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING PATRICIA G. LEARY

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 4, 2020

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Patricia G. Leary and to celebrate her retirement after three decades 
of public service on a local, state, and federal level.
  Ms. Leary began her career in public service after graduating from 
the University of California, Los Angeles in 1981 with a degree in 
Political Science. Upon graduating, Ms. Leary began working as a 
legislative staffer in California State Government. From 1991 to 1995, 
Ms. Leary worked as my Legislative Director in the California State 
Senate, where she was a valuable asset to my team. She was an 
articulate, straightforward communicator with a strong passion for 
public service. Her institutional knowledge and astute political advice 
were instrumental to our success.
  After working in my office, Ms. Leary became the Principal Consultant 
for the California State Senate and later the Legislative 
Representative for the California State Association of Counties. After 
several years as the Assistant County Administrator for Yolo County, 
Pat became the Chief Deputy Director at the Department of Social 
Services and was Acting Director in 2019.
  Ms. Leary's professional public sector career has been unparalleled. 
She has shown her commitment to the state of California and our 
community through her decades of public service and leadership. Ms. 
Leary's integrity, honesty, intelligence and creative problem solving 
has served all those she has met throughout her career, and our 
district is certainly a better place because of her dedicated service.
  Madam Speaker, Ms. Leary is the kind of citizen we should all strive 
to be, and I am

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proud to call her my friend. It is therefore fitting and proper that we 
honor Patricia G. Leary here today

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