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IN RECOGNITION OF GREGORY J. WASHINGTON ON THE OCCASION OF HIS
RETIREMENT
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HON. STEVE SCALISE
of louisiana
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, it is my pleasure to extend my personal congratulations and best wishes to Mr. Gregory J. Washington, a New Orleans native, on the occasion of his retirement this year.
Greg began his forty-year career in the energy sector as a
``roughneck'' in the fields of south Louisiana during his high school summer breaks. For those of us who know Greg, it seems obvious that he would find success in the industry that offered him his first job. After graduating from Southern Methodist University in 1978, Greg started with Texaco as a ``landman'' in New Orleans and went on to become the State Mineral Board Representative from 1986 to 1990. Greg was later promoted to be Texaco's Senior Public and Government Affairs Representative for Louisiana and was eventually asked to transfer to Washington, D.C., for what he thought would be a short-term assignment. After many years with the Texaco and Chevron Washington offices, Greg has decided to hang up his hard hat for good and enter retirement.
Throughout his career, Greg has shown his strong Louisiana work ethic and his ``come early, stay late'' attitude. He has always been eager to share his love of Louisiana and our culture with everyone he meets. He has continued to approach his work with an enthusiastic and positive outlook. As a result, he is well known and well liked, and his decision to retire certainly leaves a void that will be hard to fill. I know all his friends and colleagues will miss him dearly.
Greg and Cassandra, his lovely wife of 40 years, are looking forward to spending more time together in their well-earned retirement. I expect that this will surely include more time in his hometown of New Orleans.
I wish Greg and Cassandra all the best.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 39
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