[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E952]
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                RECOGNIZING STAFF DEDICATION TO FREEDOM

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                          HON. JEB HENSARLING

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 24, 2006

  Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to thank a very special 
group of dedicated Americans who have spent considerable energy 
assisting me in authoring this year's Republican Study Committee--RSC--
budget: the Contract with America Renewed.
  Russell Vought, the policy director at the RSC, and Stephen Sepp, my 
legislative director, dedicated themselves this spring to helping me 
compile a budget that reflected the spirit of the first budget that the 
new Republican majority passed in 1995. I am very proud of the work 
that Russ and Stephen produced, and they deserve special recognition 
for their dedication to the advancement of freedom.
  Additionally, I would like to thank the valuable members of my 
Washington, DC, staff who assisted with this effort: Mike Walz, Leigh 
Carter, Jennifer Daniels, Jamie Notman, Kyle Jackson, John Martin and 
Melanie Davis. Each individual provided legislative and administrative 
support for me during this extremely demanding project, and I am 
grateful for their service.
  I would also like to thank my staff located in the Fifth District of 
Texas. Each and every one of them contributed to this budget, and I 
would like to publicly recognize Richard Sanders, Rebekah Kay, Margaret 
Smith, Barbara Luce, Beth Peters and Amanda Hodges. I am personally 
indebted to them for their service and sacrifice to the cause of 
freedom.

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