[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S1269]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO EMILIA DiSANTO

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, today I wish to acknowledge Emilia 
DiSanto, an outstanding civil servant who is retiring after almost 36 
years of distinguished service in the Federal Government, 16 of which 
were here on Capitol Hill.
  Emilia is a proud New Yorker, who graduated from Fordham Law School. 
She served in the Department of Energy, at the Legal Services 
Corporation, in both the House and Senate, and she worked for 
inspectors general.
  Emilia is the ultimate civil servant who worked in both the executive 
and legislative branches of government. During her 16-year career on 
Capitol Hill, Emilia worked for, among others, Speaker Newt Gingrich 
and former-Representative Bill Goodling, Henry Hyde, Bill McCollum, and 
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra. In the Senate, Emilia served as staff 
director for the Small Business Committee for Senator Kit Bond and, 
later, Senator Olympia Snow.
  I had the pleasure of having Emilia on my staff in two different 
capacities. First, as the chief investigative counsel for the Special 
Committee on Aging where she conducted oversight of the nursing and 
funeral home industries. Emilia later served on the Finance Committee 
as my chief investigative counsel and special counsel and tackled such 
issues as drug and device safety, medical conflicts of interest, and 
other healthcare issues. She is known to be trustworthy, bold, honest, 
and bipartisan. Emilia has boundless energy and good judgment, and she 
is deeply committed to the interests of the American people. The 
American people are better off because of her public service.

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