[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 73 (Monday, June 6, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S6095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        COMMENDING RICHARD PRICE

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, today I rise to commend and thank Mr. 
Richard Price of the Congressional Research Service, CRS, for his many 
years of outstanding service to the U.S. Congress. In June, Mr. Price 
is retiring from CRS after 32 years of service. For over three decades 
at CRS, Mr. Price has played a significant role in providing assistance 
to Congress in analyzing major health care legislation. In his position 
at CRS, he has been an invaluable asset not only through his own work 
analyzing health care legislation, but also in his tireless efforts to 
guide others in the Health Care and Medicine unit at CRS which he 
managed.
  Over the past three decades, Mr. Price has worked on health care 
legislation across a wide array of health care policy and programs. Mr. 
Price is a recognized expert on the major U.S. health care financing 
programs--Medicare and Medicaid; his particular areas of expertise span 
most aspects of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement policy, long-term 
care, Medicaid eligibility, nursing home reform, managed care, hospice 
care, skilled nursing home services, end stage renal disease, home 
health care services, and public health service programs, among many 
others. His contributions to the development of legislation in these 
areas have been substantial. Over his long career at CRS, he has helped 
hundreds of staff understand the effect of the legislative proposals 
being considered through thoughtful analyses, balanced presentations, 
and clear explanations. I wish to especially thank him for his work 
with the Senate Finance Committee and its staff.
  In addition to his own analytic work on legislative analysis, Mr. 
Price has been responsible for management of a staff of CRS analysts 
who assist Congress across a wide spectrum of health care issues, 
including those related to Medicare, Medicaid, the Public Health 
Service, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of 
Health, and the Veterans Administration. Mr. Price was instrumental in 
building the health care staff of CRS to a large team of senior 
analysts. In addition, Mr. Price has been involved in innumerable 
projects to develop the capacity of CRS analysts to evaluate and 
analyze health care data, including models to estimate the effect of 
various legislative changes in Medicare and other health care programs.
  Other organizations that analyze issues related to health care policy 
have acknowledged Mr. Price's accomplishments and knowledge of U.S. 
health care policy. For example, Mr. Price is a member of the steering 
committee of the National Health Policy Forum, a nonpartisan 
organization that provides research to senior level health policy 
makers in Washington. Mr. Price is also a member of the prestigious 
National Academy on Social Insurance, NASI.
  Mr. Price's service to Congress in the analysis and development of 
policy alternatives across a wide array of health care programs, his 
ability to conceptualize complex public policy issues, as well as his 
leadership of staff who work on many varied and complex health care 
issues, set the highest standards for assistance provided by CRS in 
service to the Congress. He will be missed, both here in Congress and 
across the street at the Library of Congress.

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