[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E89]
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                     IN REMEMBRANCE OF CHRIS ALLEN

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                          HON. RICHARD E. NEAL

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 28, 2020

  Mr. NEAL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to offer my condolences to the 
family and friends of Chris Allen, a valued member of the Senate 
Finance Committee staff. Chris was a leader on an issue that is of 
particular importance to me, retirement security. Chris will always be 
remembered for his tireless work ensuring the solvency of the pensions 
of thousands of workers in multiemployer pensions--and his leadership 
in making it easier for Americans to save for retirement in the SECURE 
Act.
   An alum of Loyola College in Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, 
he worked on pension and benefit issues and exempt organization issues 
for the Senate Finance Committee, under both Chairmen Chuck Grassley 
and Orrin Hatch. Before he joined the Finance Committee, he worked as a 
senior economic policy adviser for Senator Pat Roberts. And before 
that, he worked as a consultant and advisor for various groups, 
including the Financial Accounting Foundation and the National 
Association of State Treasurers.
   Widely known and widely liked, Chris will be remembered for his 
dedication, his passion, his candor and his sense of humor. His was a 
warm presence that lightened the tone of meetings and briefings. And he 
worked hard for what he believed in.
   Not just widely known and widely liked, Chris will also be widely 
missed. We hold in our hearts those closest to Chris, especially his 
wife Lynda, his daughters Sophie and Lucie, and the rest of his family 
and friends.
   I send my deepest sympathies to the Allen family, to his friends, 
and to Senator Grassley and to our other colleagues in the Senate, and 
I ask my colleagues to do the same.

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