[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 194 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MARK JICKLING, CRS

  Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. President, I want to recognize Mark 
Jickling, a dedicated public servant who has served as a financial 
economist with the Congressional Research Service and is retiring after 
nearly 33 years of providing expert analyses to the U.S. Congress on 
economic, finance and securities matters. He is widely respected in the 
Senate and House of Representatives, as well as among his CRS 
colleagues, for his broad knowledge and insights into financial and 
economic matters as well as his professionalism and collegiality. 
Thanks to his dedicated efforts, Congress has been better informed as 
it has sought to find legislative solutions to many of the issues 
facing the United States financial system.
  Mr. Jickling graduated from the University of California at Berkeley 
and started work at the Library of Congress part-time with the 
Collections Management Division. His dedication and intellect led to 
his becoming an expert in economic matters about which he consistently 
delivered comprehensive, insightful and helpful analyses. He rose 
through the ranks to become an economist reaching the level of 
specialist, the highest level of analyst at CRS. He headed the Banking, 
Insurance, Securities and Macroeconomic Policy Section in the 
Government and Finance Division of CRS from 2005 to 2007, in which he 
oversaw the work of a dozen other analysts and specialists. He is the 
author or co-author of 100 CRS reports and countless confidential 
memos.
  Mr. Jickling has worked on some of the most significant securities 
and banking issues facing the country. He wrote the first CRS reports 
on the impacts of the September 11 attacks on the markets and on the 
Enron scandal. At that time, he also coordinated CRS' internal ``Enron 
group.'' He assisted senior Congressional staff as they formulated 
legislative responses to the corporate accountability scandals.
  From the onset of the recent financial crisis, Mr. Jickling has been 
instrumental in assisting Congress as we addressed the serious banking 
and market problems facing the country. He provided expert analysis on 
a daily basis to the Banking Committee and to others in Congress on 
housing finance, non-bank financial intermediation, financial 
derivatives, exotic financial products and markets, and many other 
issues. His dedication was shown by his working nights and weekends 
during this period. He significantly contributed to the quality of 
legislation that ultimately was enacted and cooperated effectively with 
Members and their staffs to produce the legislation. He was exactly the 
right person at the right time.
  Mr. Jickling retires from the CRS having set a standard of superior 
service and having assisted a generation of CRS analysts in developing 
their skills. He leaves CRS to spend more time with his family and 
pursue some of his other interests, including the professional 
performance of music. His many accomplishments will remain a fitting 
tribute to his career and character.
  Mr. Jickling will be greatly missed. I wish him and his family all 
the best in the future.

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