[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 105 (Thursday, July 30, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1470]
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 A TRIBUTE TO DEPARTING HOUSE BANKING COMMITTEE STAFF ROBERT AUERBACH 
                          AND STEFANIE MULLIN

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                        HON. MAURICE D. HINCHEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 29, 1998

  Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to two dedicated 
members of the House Banking Committee Minority staff who are leaving 
the Committee this week to pursue endeavors in higher education. The 
efforts of Robert Auerbach, the Democratic staff economist, and 
Stefanie Mullin, the Democratic press secretary, will be greatly missed 
by all members of the Committee.
  Bob Auerbach is a first-rate financial economist with a keen 
understanding of money and banking, the payments system, and the 
Federal Reserve System. He has served the members of the House Banking 
Committee well in more than 10 years and two separate tours of duty on 
Capitol Hill. During this time, he has worked on a number of 
initiatives from the deregulation of interest rates to the promotion of 
openness at the Federal Reserve Board. I have personally worked with 
Bob on a number of issues pertaining to monetary policy and have found 
his knowledge, insight, and guidance to be invaluable.
  Bob is leaving Capitol Hill for the ivory tower of academia. Starting 
this fall, he will be a Professor at the LBJ School of Public Policy at 
the University of Texas where he will be teaching courses on money and 
banking. He also has plans to write a book. Though I will miss Bob's 
wise counsel here in Washington, I know that our loss is most 
definitely the University of Texas' and his students' gain.
  As press secretary for the Democrats, Stefanie Mullin has the often 
thankless job of reminding the world that there is another perspective 
on the Banking Committee. For the past five years, she has accomplished 
this with grace and dignity, always making sure that the views of the 
minority were heard by the world outside the Rayburn Building. Stefanie 
is also leaving us to return to school, but as a student. She will be 
attending Columbia University in a masters program in the prestigious 
School of Journalism. I wish her luck, and look forward to the day when 
I meet her again as a member of the news media.

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