[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 72 (Thursday, May 13, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      PASSING OF JERRY HILDEBRAND

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, over this past weekend our Nation lost 
one of the great champions of the unemployment insurance system.
  Jerry Hildebrand was the Chief of Legislation for Unemployment 
Insurance at the Department of Labor, and he was intricately involved 
in every major UI reform over the past several decades.
  Most recently, Jerry had been instrumental in ensuring the delivery 
of extended unemployment benefits and in helping States navigate 
reforms to their unemployment systems with the help of UI Modernization 
Grants. His advice about the possible impact of policy before enactment 
and his skillful work on implementation after the passage of 
legislation will be sorely missed.
  He took his daughter to college this weekend, and then dropped dead. 
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jerry's family, as well as to his 
colleagues at the Department of Labor. Jerry Hildebrand made our 
government work for the people, and that contribution will surely live 
on.

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