Serving in Congress Has Been the Honor of My Lifetime
Floor Speech
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Mr. BIGGS. Thank you. You didn't have to put the ``many'' in front of that, Debbie.
It is true. She was a young child when we first met.
Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to speak and recognize my good friend, Debbie. When I was serving from the east side of the valley and Debbie got elected to the school board, I started hearing about Debbie Lesko is going to be this great conservative politico. I did not know Debbie at that time, but I got to observe her. Then we ended up serving in the State legislature together, and she was dynamic and exciting and actually conservative.
As Greg mentioned, she worked on pension reform. The bulk of that took place after I left, thankfully, because pension reform, as anybody who has ever done it knows, is one ugly thing and takes a lot of courage. Debbie exhibited courage, and I would get reports on how she was doing that.
She brought in people with very disparate interests. She worked with them. She got them on board, and she would tell them where the rubber met the road. That was really awesome.
Then I am here, and then the next thing I know, Debbie is here with me. The bad news for me is that she is going home to Maricopa County. She is going to do a great job there.
This is great news for Maricopa County which, by the way, is one of the largest counties in the country. It is about, what, 5.5 million people in the county, something like that, with only five supervisors.
Debbie has told me this. I know she has told Paul this. I know she has told Greg this, and I know she has told David and Juan this: she only has one-and-a-half staffers. That is really bugging her. I can tell you that. She is going to do a great job.
She has been a great friend.
I will also pay homage to Joe and Debbie's family who have been so supportive, literally, for many years.
So with that, I----
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Mr. BIGGS. I am like Winston Churchill. I am a crier.
Debbie, Cindy and I love you.
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