[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 153 (Friday, September 3, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E952]
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   HONORING ROBERT ``BOB'' F. WEINHAGEN, JR. ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 
         RETIREMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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                            HON. JASON SMITH

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 3, 2021

  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam Speaker, my colleague, Mr. Yarmuth of 
Kentucky, and I would like to recognize the career of Bob Weinhagen, a 
senior counsel at the House Office of Legislative Counsel, upon his 
retirement and thank him for his distinguished service to the U.S. 
House Committee on the Budget and Congress.
  Bob is retiring after 50 years of dedicated service to the U.S. House 
of Representatives. Bob was hired as the fourteenth attorney to serve 
in the Office of the Legislative Counsel in July 1970. During his 
career, Bob drafted various banking laws, ethics reforms, and the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. Bob worked closely with the 
House Committee on the Budget for most of his career, assisting 
Committee members and staff in fulfilling our responsibilities under 
the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Bob 
played an invaluable role in drafting budget resolutions from 1981 
through 2021 and all budget reconciliation bills since 1981. He also 
drafted countless budget laws, including the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Budget Enforcement Act of 
1990, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, the Budget Control Act 
of 2011, and the Bipartisan Budget Acts of 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2019.
  We greatly appreciate Bob's dedication and exceptional service over 
the past 50 years to the House Committee on the Budget and Congress. 
Bob exemplifies the Office of the Legislative Counsel's high standard 
of professionalism, expertise, and nonpartisanship. We wish him all the 
best in his retirement and future endeavors.

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