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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 474 

Thanking Joyce Rechtschaffen for her service to the Senate and to the 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 11, 2006 

Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Thanking Joyce Rechtschaffen for her service to the Senate 

and to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 

Whereas Joyce Rechtschaffen, an accomplished environmental 

lawyer, joined the staff of Senator Joseph I. Lieberman 

upon his entry into the Senate in 1989 and served as his 

legislative assistant and counsel for environmental issues 

for almost 10 years; 

Whereas, during her tenure in Senator Lieberman’s office, 

Joyce Rechtschaffen contributed greatly to the protection 

of the Nation’s environment, most significantly through 

important contributions to the landmark Clean Air Act 

Amendments of 1990, ceaseless efforts to protect the 


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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and innovative proposals 

to stem the harmful effects of greenhouse gasses; 

Whereas, in 1999, upon Senator Lieberman becoming the 

Ranking Member on the committee known at the time as 

the Committee on Governmental Affairs, Joyce 

Rechtschaffen took on the new challenge of serving as 

Democratic Staff Director of that committee; 

Whereas during her more than 7 years in that position, Joyce 

Rechtschaffen worked tirelessly to advance the work of 

the Committee on Governmental Affairs, and its current 

successor, the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, and of the Nation; 

Whereas Joyce Rechtschaffen has played a leading role in 

every accomplishment of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs since 1999, from the 

2002 creation of the Department of Homeland Security, 

to the establishment of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly known 

as the ‘‘9/11 Commission’’) that same year, to the 2004 

reorganization of the United States intelligence community, and to the 2006 investigation into the governmental 

response to Hurricane Katrina, among many other accomplishments; 

Whereas Joyce Rechtschaffen has shown the same focus and 

dedication to all of the work of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs no matter how 

significant the issue at hand; 

Whereas Joyce Rechtschaffen has been a model manager, 

staffer, employee, and colleague to all who have worked 

with her; 


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Whereas Joyce Rechtschaffen has worked tirelessly and selflessly for the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and its predecessor, the Committee on 

Governmental Affairs, these past 7 years, often at great 

personal sacrifice; and 

Whereas Joyce Rechtschaffen has been a model of integrity, 

intelligence, compassion, and commitment to building a 

better United States and has shown herself to be the very 

best and brightest of both civil and Congressional service: 

Now therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Committee on Homeland Security 

2 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate thanks Joyce 

3 Rechtschaffen for her years of work for and dedication to 

4 the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

5 Affairs and wishes her every success in her future endeav6 ors. 

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