[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E537]
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            APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION TO THOMAS WOODWARD

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                        HON. JOHN M. SPRATT, JR.

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 3, 2009

  Mr. SPRATT. Madam Speaker, I would like to recognize the service of 
Thomas Woodward, who is retiring on March 6 after serving the Congress 
with distinction for 30 years in an extraordinary variety of ways and 
places. This nation and this Congress owe a great debt of gratitude to 
this outstanding public servant. Tom may be the only person--and if 
not, is certainly one of very few--who has worked at GAO, CRS, and CBO. 
He began his government service in 1979 at GAO, where he first became 
involved in analyzing the economy and helped produced GAO's economic 
outlook. In 1982, Tom went to work for the Congressional Research 
Service, where he was a specialist in macroeconomics in the Economics 
Division and produced a number of studies on the banking system, 
monetary policy, and other issues. Tom was detailed to the House Budget 
Committee in 1991 and 1992, where he served as Chief Economist for the 
Republican staff. Tom returned to CRS after his service on the Budget 
Committee and continued to produce and supervise high quality analyses 
for members of Congress.
  In 1998, Tom became Assistant Director for Tax Analysis at the 
Congressional Budget Office. For the past 11 years, Tom has overseen 
the production of numerous studies, revenue forecasts, and cost 
estimates for committees and Members of Congress. In all of his 
interactions with Members and their staff, Tom maintained the high 
quality and timely analyses that we have come to expect of CBO. Tom's 
breadth of knowledge, objective analyses, and good humor are 
appreciated by everyone who works with him--and next week, for the 
first time in 30 years, this Congress will not have the benefit of his 
wisdom, economic knowledge, and analytical skills as it addresses the 
critical public policy issues that face the nation. I understand he 
plans to continue to research economic issues after his retirement from 
Congressional service, and we look forward to that work and wish him 
well in his retirement.

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