[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 15, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1170-S1171]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                    Nomination of Shalanda D. Young

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, I rise to support the historic 
nomination of Shalanda Young to be the next Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget. Ms. Young brings deep experience with the 
Federal budget process to her role at OMB, having served as staff 
director of the House Committee on Appropriations. She has been serving 
as Acting Director of OMB for the past year, and her top-notch 
performance in that role leaves no doubt that she is eminently 
qualified to be confirmed as OMB Director.
  Ms. Young came into OMB in March 2021, the same month that Congress 
passed the American Rescue Plan. This was a time when the Nation faced 
an uncertain future, with coronavirus vaccines just starting to go out 
and unemployment remaining stubbornly high at 6 percent. Under Ms. 
Young's leadership, OMB played a key role to implement the American 
Rescue Plan to fight the pandemic and move our economy forward. The 
results have been widespread vaccinations, millions of new jobs, 
unemployment falling to 3.8 percent, and the fastest economic growth in 
nearly 40 years.
  We have achieved a great deal during the first year of the Biden 
administration, but we must recognize that there is still so much left 
to accomplish. Shalanda Young is the right person to have at the helm 
of OMB to craft responsible budgets and turn the policies we craft into 
actions that make a real difference for the American people.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). The Senator from Michigan.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 2 
minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, I rise in support of Shalanda Young's 
nomination to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
  Ms. Young has done an exemplary job serving as OMB's Acting Director 
for the past year. She is a dedicated public servant and a proven 
leader.
  She has played a key role in the administration's efforts to help the 
Nation recover from the pandemic. She has worked closely with Congress 
to pass the historic bipartisan infrastructure package, and she is 
truly committed to making the Federal Government work better for the 
American people.
  I have absolutely no doubt that Ms. Young is the right choice to lead 
the OMB going forward. I urge my colleagues to join me in voting to 
confirm Shalanda Young to be the Director of OMB.

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