Congratulations to Lorraine Miller!!! For those of you who like to read and learn like I do, here’s the duties of the clerk.

By: Office of the Speaker of the House
Published: Jan 31, 2007 at 08:12

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today she will appoint Lorraine C. Miller as the new Clerk of the House of Representatives. Miller, who is currently serving as a senior advisor to Speaker Pelosi, has nearly two decades of experience working for the House. In addition to working for Speaker Pelosi, Miller has worked for two other Speakers, Jim Wright and Tom Foley, as well as Congressman John Lewis of Georgia.

Miller’s government service includes work in the Clinton Administration, where she served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs for the House. In the late 1990’s, Miller served as Bureau Chief for Consumer Information at the Federal Communications Commission. Prior to the FCC, she was the director of Government Relations for the Federal Trade Commission for four years.

A life-long supporter and member of the NAACP, Miller was elected president of the Washington, D.C. Branch NAACP in 2004. As Clerk of the House, Lorraine Miller will become the first African American to serve as an official of the House of Representatives.

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