Richard Gephardt: “I have known a lot of staff people here, and we rarely thank and recognize our staff for the great work they do. One of…”

“I have known a lot of staff people here, and we rarely thank and recognize our staff for the great work they do. One of the reasons this place works is that we have wonderful human beings who come here to work for us, and work behind the scenes without any celebration or without any sufficient recognition, to make this place work. I know of no one that we have ever had on staff who has such unanimous acclaim as Marti Thomas. Everybody likes her, everybody loves her, everybody respects her, and everybody wishes her well in her new assignment with the Treasury Department. Finally, I believe that she has such acclaim because she basically treats other people the way she would like to be treated. That is her credo, and that is the way she conducts herself. So, Marti, we are going to miss you very, very much, and we know you are going to be a great success. And the only solace I have in this as her direct employer is that she has promised to come back here soon.”