[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATING RAY FURSTENAU

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 21, 2018

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Ray Furstenau 
on his selection as the next Director of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. Ray is eminently 
qualified for this position and the able Chairman of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission; Ms. Kristine Svinicki, did the nation a great 
service by hiring Ray for this important responsibility.
  While the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is gaining a true 
professional, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Office of Nuclear 
Energy are losing a great leader and steward. Throughout his thirty 
years of service with the Department of Energy, at the DOE Idaho Field 
Office and headquarters, Ray has been a person who takes is job 
seriously and performs with excellence, competence and technical 
expertise. Ray brings vision and a collaborative spirit to his work and 
he makes others better by offering mentorship, candor and warmth. Ray's 
quiet and steady leadership was a great value to Idaho National 
Laboratory and the Office of Nuclear Energy and on behalf of all of his 
friends in Idaho and Washington, DC; I want to wish Ray all the best as 
he moves up the road to the NRC headquarters in Rockville. Best wishes, 
and thanks to Ray for his many years of productive federal service.

                          ____________________