[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                        Remembering Ed Lorenzen

  Mr. FLAKE. Mr. President, I rise with great sadness to remember 
Edward Lorenzen, who, along with his 4-year-old son Michael, perished 
this weekend in a house fire.
  Ed was invaluable to my staff during last year's tax reform debate. 
The Washington Post honored his contributions to Congress, saying: 
``Quietly and intelligently, Mr. Lorenzen provided objective, reliable 
fiscal information, even--or especially--when facts and figures were 
the last thing wishful thinkers in Washington [or the government] 
wanted to face.''
  The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, where Ed served as a 
senior adviser, said: ``He was a brilliant budget mind--his guidance 
and expertise is a void that cannot be filled.''
  The committee also remembered his deep love for his children, saying: 
``We worked every day with a kind, loving man who cherished his three 
kids, bringing them to the office on occasion and lighting up in their 
presence and at the sound of their names.''
  I cannot imagine the grief Ed and Michael's family and loved ones 
face. I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to them during this 
difficult time. May we all hold our families a little closer today.
  I yield the floor.