[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 56 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S2193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO COLONEL GREGORY A. SCHEIDHAUER

 Ms. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I express deep gratitude to COL 
Gregory A. Scheidhauer for his past 2 years of exemplary dedication to 
duty and service as a congressional budget liaison for the Secretary of 
the Army. Greg was recently selected to serve the Army and Congress as 
the chief of Army Reserve Legislative Affairs. We wish him well in his 
new position.
  A native of Bowie, MD, Colonel Scheidhauer earned a bachelor of 
science degree at West Virginia University and was commissioned a 
quartermaster officer in the Army in 1990. He has earned advanced 
degrees in public administration, public health education, and 
strategic studies.
  Greg has served in a broad range of duty stations and assignments 
during his 23 years of service. As a lieutenant, he served as a 
transportation platoon leader and battalion logistics officer. As a 
captain, he served as a supply and services officer in Tennessee and as 
a training officer in Fort Buchanan, PR. Prior to his current 
assignment, Greg was the director J4, Joint Forces Special Operations 
Component Command, Iraq.
  In 2009, following his assignment with the First Army Division East, 
Colonel Scheidhauer was selected as a military fellow in then-
Representative Joe Donnelly's personal office, serving the people of 
Indiana's Second Congressional District.
  After this, he served as a legislative liaison in the Office of the 
Chief of Army Reserve, and then as a congressional budget liaison 
officer in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Financial Management and Comptroller. In this capacity, Greg was tasked 
with managing the Army's research, development, test and evaluation 
portfolio as well as its aviation portfolio. As a budget liaison 
officer, he worked directly with the Senate and House Appropriations 
Committees to educate and inform Senators, Representatives, and staff 
on critical Army issues.
  Throughout his 23-year career, COL Gregory Scheidhauer has positively 
impacted his soldiers, peers, and superiors, and I am grateful that he 
has chosen to continue to serve as an Army leader. I join my colleagues 
today in honoring his dedication to our Nation and invaluable service 
to the U.S. Congress as an Army congressional budget liaison.
  Greg is accustomed to working long hours in his congressional 
relations work. So let me also acknowledge Greg's wife Andrea, and 
their children Alexis, Brennan, and Christopher, thank them for their 
sacrifices and wish them all the best for continued success in the 
future.

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