[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E62]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATING CYNTHIA R. CLEVELAND

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                          HON. JOHN A. YARMUTH

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 21, 2022

  Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor and recognize the 
outstanding service of Cynthia R. Cleveland on her retirement after 
nearly 43 years of distinguished public service, the past 39 years of 
which were spent at the Congressional Budget Office. At CBO, Cindy rose 
to the level of Division Administrative Assistant, mostly for the 
Director of the National Security Division.
  Cindy's public service began at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
in 1976, where she spent three years as a clerk typist. Over the 
ensuing four decades at CBO, Cindy's expert skills grew as the tools 
and processes for producing cost estimates and reports evolved--from 
typewriters to Sharepoint, and from landline calls to virtual meetings. 
All along, Cindy provided rock solid support and a positive and 
friendly spirit, one that was contagious to those around her.
  Her responsibilities also evolved and grew over the years, moving 
from supporting the chief of the Natural Resources Unit in the Budget 
Analysis Division, where she helped produce cost estimates for 
publication, to the assistant to the director of the National Security 
Division, where she kept the division running and also managed the 
division's document holdings and its clearance processes. Along the 
way, Cindy's portfolio expanded to include supporting the Macroeconomic 
Analysis Division and eventually the Financial Analysis Division. She 
helped organize and support the semiannual meetings of CBO's Panel of 
Economic Advisors, organized travel and training for all three 
divisions, and managed the background investigation and clearance 
process for all of CBO. Throughout her career at CBO, Cindy embodied 
the agency's ethos of doing things carefully and with high quality.
  Cindy's colleagues, current and former, are deeply indebted to her 
for all that she has given to CBO and the people that make the agency 
what it is. Cindy knew everyone and everyone knew her. They will miss 
her gentle, friendly, and positive influence on the workplace and, most 
of all, will miss her laughter ringing down the halls of the Ford 
building.
  I know my colleagues join me in extending our thanks and appreciation 
to Cindy for her long service to our country. We wish her well in her 
future undertakings.