[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 155 (Saturday, September 27, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TRIBUTE TO MR. JOHN ROTH AND MS. MARY TOMPKEY

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                          HON. JOHN P. MURTHA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 26, 2008

  Mr. MURTHA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the hard work of two 
great Americans, Mr. John Roth and Ms. Mary Tompkey. These two 
dedicated civil servants have been the glue in the resource management 
community of the Department of Defense since the start of the War on 
Terror. They have been tremendous assets in assisting the staff of the 
Defense Subcommittee in their review of the defense budget and have 
worked tirelessly in the service of their country.
  Madam Speaker, Mr. Roth is the Deputy Comptroller (Program/Budget) 
within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller). As 
such, he is responsible for all aspects of the Department of Defense 
budget's preparation, defense, and execution. The FY 2009 budget alone 
totaled $515 billion in over 50 appropriations and accounts in addition 
to $70 billion to support operations for the War on Terror. Before 
taking his current position in 2001, Mr. Roth was the Deputy Director 
for Investment with the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense 
(Comptroller).
  Mr. Roth entered civil service as a trainee in the Department of the 
Navy's Centralized Financial Management Training Program. He has 
completed tours of duty at the Norfolk Naval Supply Center, the Naval 
Data Automation Command, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
(OSD). He started in the Defense Comptroller's office as a budget 
analyst in 1984 and has, over the years, reviewed a wide variety of 
weapon system programs across all Defense components.
  Madam Speaker, since 2005 Ms. Tompkey has been the Assistant Deputy 
Director of the Program Budget Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
(OSD) Comptroller. In this position she has helped to lead during a 
time of significant organizational change and has assisted the Under 
Secretary Comptroller during noteworthy periods of transition.
  From 2002 to 2005, Ms. Tompkey worked as Director of Operations and 
Personnel in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OSD) 
Comptroller and was previously the Deputy Director for Military 
Construction and Classified Activities, Under Secretary of Defense 
(OSD) Comptroller. She has also worked as an Associate Director for 
Investment, a Budget Analyst for the Directorate for Plans and Systems, 
a Budget Analyst for the Directorate for Operations and Personnel, and 
a Budget Analyst in the Department of the Air Force where she started 
in 1975.
  Together, these two have been instrumental in the formulation and 
passage of all of the Department of Defense Appropriations bills and 
War Supplemental Appropriations bills since the War on Terror began in 
2002.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the hard work and selfless 
service of these two outstanding individuals. On behalf of the United 
States Congress, I say ``thank you'' for their over fifty years of 
combined service and experience, for their dedication to the Department 
of Defense, and for their work on behalf of our brave men and women in 
uniform. I would like to conclude my remarks by saying that I look 
forward to working with them for many more years.

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