[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5900-S5901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO FRANK J. SAMMARTINO

  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise along with my colleague, the 
Ranking Member of the Budget Committee, Senator Sessions, to pay 
tribute to Frank J. Sammartino, who is retiring this week after 33 
years of distinguished Federal service, including 26 years serving the 
Congress at the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Economic 
Committee.
  Mr. Sammartino began his Federal career in 1978, working in the 
office of the assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he worked until 
1985. He left HHS for the Tax Analysis Division in the Congressional 
Budget Office, where he has worked for most of his remaining career. 
While at CBO, Mr. Sammartino has risen up through the ranks to his 
current position of assistant director for Tax Analysis, the director's 
top person on all tax policy and budget matters. In addition to his 
work at CBO, he has also served Congress as the chief economist and 
deputy director at the Joint Economic Committee.
  As head of the Tax Analysis Division at CBO, Mr. Sammartino has 
worked tirelessly to ensure the Congress has quality and timely 
analysis of tax policy and budget issues. He has directly contributed 
to and overseen numerous baseline projections, policy studies, and cost 
estimates. In fact, early on at

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CBO, he developed the first microsimulation model used by CBO for 
analyzing tax policy. That model became the basis for CBO's individual 
income tax projections and its analysis of the distribution of federal 
taxes. In general, his expertise on a wide range of public policy 
issues has served as a valuable resource for Members and staff.
  Mr. Sammartino exemplifies CBO's high standards of professionalism, 
objectivity, and nonpartisanship, and has received the highest awards 
for outstanding service while at both CBO and HHS. As chairman, I 
greatly appreciate the sacrifices that he--as well as his family, 
including his wife, Ellen, and children, Frank and Lulu--have made in 
assisting the Budget Committee and Congress.
  I would like to turn to my colleague, Senator Sessions, for his 
remarks.
  Mr. SESSIONS. I thank the chairman and join her in commending Mr. 
Sammartino for his many years of dedicated and distinguished service to 
CBO, the Congress, and the American people. We wish him and his family 
well in his retirement from Federal service.
  We hope our colleagues will join us in thanking Mr. Sammartino--and 
really all of the hard-working employees at the Congressional Budget 
Office--for his and their service.


                    energy subcommittee assignments

  Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee Assignments of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:


                                 ENERGY

                          Al Franken, Chairman

       Tim Johnson, Mary L. Landrieu, Maria Cantwell, Bernard 
     Sanders, Debbie Stabenow, Mark Udall, Joe Manchin, III, 
     Martin Heinrich, Tammy Baldwin.
       James E. Risch, Ranking, Dean Heller, Jeff Flake, Lamar 
     Alexander, Rob Portman, John Hoeven.


                   PUBLIC LANDS, FORESTS, AND MINING

                       Joe Manchin, III, Chairman

       Tim Johnson, Mary L. Landrieu, Maria Cantwell, Mark Udall, 
     Al Franken, Brian Schatz, Martin Heinrich, Tammy Baldwin.
       John Barrasso, Ranking, James E. Risch, Mike Lee, Dean 
     Heller, Jeff Flake, Tim Scott, Lamar Alexander, John Hoeven.


                             NATIONAL PARKS

                          Mark Udall, Chairman

       Mary L. Landrieu, Bernard Sanders, Debbie Stabenow, Brian 
     Schatz, Martin Heinrich, Tammy Baldwin.
       Rob Portman, Ranking, John Barrasso, Mike Lee, Lamar 
     Alexander, John Hoeven.


                            WATER AND POWER

                         Brian Schatz, Chairman

       Tim Johnson, Maria Cantwell, Bernard Sanders, Debbie 
     Stabenow, Joe Manchin, III, Al Franken.
       Mike Lee, Ranking, John Barrasso, James E. Risch, Dean 
     Heller, Jeff Flake, Tim Scott.
       Ron Wyden and Lisa Murkowski are ex officio members of all 
     the Subcommittees.

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