[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 75 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING ANGELA Z. McCOLLOUGH

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                             HON. PAUL RYAN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 26, 2011

  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Angela Z. McCollough, an employee of the Congressional Budget Office 
who is retiring next month after nearly 40 years of exemplary public 
service. In August of 1975, after spending three years at the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Angie started her career at the 
Congressional Budget Office--just a few months after CBO was founded. 
From 1975 until 2008, she served as the secretary and administrative 
assistant to the Assistant Director of the Natural Resources and 
Commerce Division (since renamed the Microeconomic Studies Division). 
In October of 2008, Angie was promoted to Executive Assistant to the 
CBO Director.
  Angie has been an invaluable member of the CBO team and over the 
years has exemplified the very best qualities of public service upon 
which the Congress and the Nation so heavily depend. Angie received two 
CBO Director's Awards--in 1984 and again in 2003. She has also received 
several STAR awards for her work in the Microeconomic Studies Division 
and the Office of the CBO Director. Angie was honored in 2001 for her 
role in recreating CBO's timekeeping and payroll system and for 
ensuring that CBO's employees were paid during that difficult period in 
the Fall of 2001 when the Ford House Office Building was closed for the 
anthrax investigation in the weeks following the tragic events of 9/11.
  Angie is one of the longest serving employees in the history of the 
Congressional Budget Office. Her tenure at CBO spans the agency's 
lifetime. She has served under all 8 CBO Directors. And throughout her 
time at CBO Angie has set the standard for dedicated public servants 
throughout the Federal Government. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor today to 
acknowledge Angie's time at CBO, to thank her on behalf of the Congress 
and the Nation for her years of dedicated service, and to wish her all 
the best in what we hope and trust will be many years of a well-
deserved and fruitful retirement.

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