[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 113 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S9942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                            EDMUNDO GONZALES

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I rise today to commend the U.S. Senate 
in its recent confirmation of Mr. Edmundo Gonzales to be Chief 
Financial Officer of the Department of Labor. I am confident that Mr. 
Gonzales will continue to be an asset to that department and to the 
United States.
  Mr. Gonzales is originally from El Rito, a small town in northern New 
Mexico. He graduated from Arizona State University with an education 
major, and also received a MBA and Juris Doctor from the University of 
Colorado. He has worked as an attorney, and as a manager for U.S. West, 
Inc. In 1993, he came to the Labor Department, where he has worked on 
management standards and in the Office of the American Workplace.
  Throughout his career, Mr. Gonzales has demonstrated a commitment to 
public service. While working for U.S. West, Inc., in addition to other 
duties, he served as an Executive on Loan to the Denver Public Schools, 
working on budgetary and strategic planning matters. He has served as 
President of the Hispanic Bar Association, and on a number of 
charitable and cultural boards.
  We as a Nation are fortunate to have a person of Mr. Gonzales's 
caliber serving our Government. I wish him well in his new position.


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