[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         A TRIBUTE TO JOHN BUDD

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                             HON. VIC FAZIO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 23, 1995
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my sincere 
condolences to the family of John Budd, the Regional Liaison for the 
Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Regional Office in Sacramento, CA. 
John passed away on April 18. His loss is a tremendous blow to the 
Bureau and to the Federal service.
  In many ways, John Budd was the Bureau of Reclamation in Sacramento. 
He was responsible for communicating the Bureau's policies, programs, 
and activities to congressional, State and local decisionmakers. He was 
the face that went with the Bureau.
  John was always very helpful to me and my staff. John had a 
tremendous instinct when it came to seeing issues developing on the 
horizon. John was almost always the first person to give me a ``heads 
up'' on problems so we could deal with them before they reached the 
crisis stage.
  John was a long-time Bureau employee. He joined the Bureau in 1965 as 
part of the construction crew for the San Luis Unit. Prior to his 
appointment as Regional Liaison, John was a repayment specialist 
responsible for negotiating and administering water service and 
repayment contracts for water deliveries from the Central Valley 
Project. John's fellow employees honored him many times during his 
years of service, perhaps most notably with the Department of 
Interior's prestigious Superior Service Award.
  The formal accolades are important because they are the official 
markers of John's distinguished career. The real touchstone of John's 
career is the lasting impression he made on the lives of the people who 
surrounded him.
  Mr. Speaker, I am glad to have had the opportunity to work with John 
Budd. We will all miss his professionalism, but more importantly, we 
will miss his friendship.


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