[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 150 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6411]
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                         Tribute to Jody Wright

  Mr. President, now, if personnel is policy, I have been fortunate to 
have outstanding personnel on my team, but if you want to make a 
lasting impact, you need good personnel in every corner of the 
government. To do that, you need somebody like my nominations counsel, 
Jody Wright.
  For starters, Jody has the institutional credentials of a Senate 
thoroughbred. From the whip's office under Don Nickles to the 
Republican Cloakroom, Jody knows as well as anyone just what it takes 
to make this place tick. She is well-versed in the Senate's written 
rules and, just as importantly, in the unwritten ones. Trust me, when 
you are trying to clear last-minute logjams on the floor, it helps to 
have someone who speaks these languages fluently.
  Of course, nominations don't start here in the Senate. Jody's work 
necessarily involves a hefty dose of executive branch procedure. To 
further complicate matters, the nature of the job changes significantly 
depending on which party is in the White House. These days, Jody has 
excelled at identifying and claiming rare opportunities for Republican 
appointees to influence policy in meaningful ways.
  Jody's work is a delicate balancing act on the best of days, but it 
also requires the sort of people skills and undaunted optimism that 
this proud Texan has in spades. Her sunny disposition isn't reserved 
for meetings with candidates from public office; it is doled out around 
my office and the entire Senate, wherever and whenever it is needed 
most. And it speaks to the pride I know Jody feels to work right here 
in the Capitol. That is second only to Jody's pride in her family--in 
her husband Glenn's own service in the Navy and in the joys of raising 
their daughter Grace, whom I know Jody's colleagues have enjoyed 
watching grow up.
  So, Jody, thank you so much.
  Mr. President, if you can believe it, the work of thanking the 
incredible staff of my Republican leader office is still unfinished. I 
will still need to brag on a few more outstanding leaders who have made 
so much of our success possible, and I look forward to doing that 
sometime soon.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant executive clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CRUZ. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hassan). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.