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Representative Kressig delivers farewell speech to House colleagues
Summary
Representative Kressig offered a personal retirement speech highlighting family, local public service and mental‑health work, thanking staff and colleagues before the House proceeded to legislative business.
Representative Kressig, speaking to the Iowa House, used his retirement remarks to reflect on family and a decades‑long record of local service. "I didn't think I'd be doing this, but here I am, give my speech," he said, and described his wife Elizabeth, daughters Molly and Laura and four grandchildren, noting family visits to the Capitol.
Kressig also referenced his public‑service background — Planning and Zoning in Cedar Falls, nearly three decades on the Viridian Credit Union board and work on local mental‑health access. He thanked clerks and longtime colleagues and closed by thanking members "for everybody willing to work for the people of Iowa and make a difference in their lives," before the House moved to legislative items.
