Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Krisann Pearce, who will leave the Education and the Workforce Committee at the end of this Congress after many years of outstanding service. Krisann began her career as a teacher. She brought those lessons with her to Capitol Hill, where she began her work in education policy on the staff of her home State Senator, Nancy Kassebaum. While she has thrived in other opportunities along the way, her main home has been with us, the best committee in the House, where she has served as general counsel since 2011. Krisann has played a major role in every piece of education legislation over the past two decades. She is also one of a very few talented professionals whose counsel has informed both education and workforce policy. Krisann is renowned for her fierce devotion to students, the parliamentary process, and her beloved Kansas Jayhawks. We are grateful to her husband, Evan, and her sons, Carson and Nolan, for all the years of long days and late nights they have shared Krisann with all of us, and we wish her the very best. ____________________”