[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 30, 1994]
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     COMMENDING ANDREW S. BUSH ON HIS SERVICE TO THE U.S. CONGRESS

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise today to wish one of my former 
staff members well as he departs the U.S. Congress after more than 7 
years of distinguished service. Andrew S. Bush, who worked for me for 
3\1/2\ years before joining the staff of the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives, is leaving the Congress to lead 
an exciting new project involving reform of the Nation's welfare 
system.
  Andy, who grew up in Wellsville, OH, came to Washington in 1986 after 
graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Ohio State University and earning a 
master's degree in public policy studies from the University of 
Chicago. He was a Presidential management intern with the Department of 
Health and Human Services, where he was a Medicaid policy analyst in 
the Health Care Financing Administration.
  In March 1987, he joined my staff as the legislative assistant for 
labor, education, health, child care, and science and technology 
issues. He was the key member of my staff responsible for the enactment 
of the National Competitiveness and Technology Transfer Act of 1989. 
The act reformed the way technology is managed within the Department of 
Energy and improved the Department's ability to share nonclassified 
technologies and skills with the private sector for the benefit of 
American enterprise.
  Andy was the point person on my staff for child care legislation. He 
was instrumental in developing tax credit legislation so that families 
would have a choice about the type of child care they could arrange. 
The objective was to make sure the same Federal incentive would be 
available for families choosing to have the mother stay home and 
provide the loving care, or for those choosing to arrange child care in 
the home with a relative or other care giver, or for those choosing to 
place the youngsters in day care centers.
  Andy Bush was my staff brain on the brain. He was involved with the 
Decade of the Brain and worked diligently on legislation that led to 
the creation of the Human Genome Center at Los Alamos National 
Laboratories and other national laboratories. Hopefully, some day the 
work done at the Genome centers will provide the genetic information 
that will lead to the cure for more than 3,000 genetic diseases.
  As I look back on it, Andy was an important part of a very strong, 
professional and effective legislative staff which worked to pass more 
than 200 bills and amendments during my third term in the Senate.
  In November 1990, Andy left my staff to work for the Ways and Means 
Committee in the other body. As professional assistant to the minority 
for human resources and, most recently, health, he has made substantial 
contributions to the public policy debate on welfare reform, job 
training, unemployment compensation, child care, and of course, health 
care reform.
  Those of us who serve in the Congress are fortunate to have talented 
young men and women to assist us. Andy Bush embodies the best qualities 
of those that serve us. He is truly dedicated to understanding the 
nature and consequences of public policy choices and working to improve 
the Government's ability to affect meaningful changes in the lives of 
our citizens. With his intelligence, professionalism, and good nature, 
he has made a difference.
  Andy may be leaving the halls of Congress, but he is not leaving 
public service. One of his particular passions has been trying to 
address poverty and its associated problems of limited economic 
opportunity and the breakdown of the family, social institutions, and 
the social compact. In his new position as the manager of the welfare 
reform project for a non-profit research institute, Andy will be 
redesigning a State welfare system. This will allow him to create and 
develop more effective and efficient methods for intervening in the 
lives of disadvantaged individuals and helping those in need become 
capable of leading fulfilling and self-supportive lives.
  Mr. President, I commend Andrew S. Bush for his service to the U.S. 
Congress and wish him well as he embarks on this exciting new phase of 
his career.

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