[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 134 (Saturday, August 2, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5509]
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                        Nomination of Adam Telle

  Mr. HAGERTY. Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to 
support the confirmation of my close friend and, for the past 4 years, 
my chief of staff, Mr. Adam Telle, who is President Trump's nominee to 
serve as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. He has served 
as my chief of staff for the past 4 years, and in that time, he has 
become a trusted adviser, a leader on my team, and, frankly, a very 
good friend.
  Adam has spent the past two decades serving on both ends of 
Pennsylvania Avenue and at all times serving this body here in the U.S. 
Senate, whether he was leading the Senate side of the leg affairs team 
at the White House or working right here for many of us. Adam is just 
the type of staffer that I think we want to see step into the executive 
branch into a leadership role, and he will serve as an inspiration to 
all of the staff that serve us so ably.
  Adam is the son of a geologist, a man who knows how to make things 
work. He has a knack for that. He is a native of Northport, AL, and a 
graduate of Mississippi State University's Bagley College of 
Engineering. He is a brilliant mind.
  He has excellent organizational skills--just what we want at the 
Corps of Engineers. If you think about it, the work of the Army Corps 
of Engineers affects millions of Americans--from navigation and flood 
control to water infrastructure and disaster response.
  This work requires capable and responsible leadership, and Adam Telle 
is exactly that kind of leader, and I want to urge all of my colleagues 
to support Adam Telle for this position.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.
  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, as the ranking member on the committee 
of jurisdiction, I concur with the Senator's remarks. I will be voting 
aye on this nomination.