[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5637]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO A UTAH NATIVE

Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I rise today to note a significant event in 
the life of a native son of Utah and for those of us here in 
Washington. After working for over thirty years in government and 
private service, Anthony T. Cluff is leaving the leadership role he has 
held at one of the preeminent trade groups in Washington, The Bankers 
Roundtable.
  Few individuals have contributed so much to this city.
  Tony worked as an economist at the Treasury Department and later with 
the American Bankers Association and the Securities Industry 
Association. Then he spent 8 years on Capitol Hill as a member of the 
Senate Banking Committee staff and served several years as Minority 
Staff Director under Senator John Tower of Texas. He also served as a 
staff member to my father here in the Senate.
  For nearly two decades he has steered the association that represents 
the nation's leading banks--The Bankers Roundtable and its predecessor, 
the Association of Reserve City Bankers. During his tenure, he has 
elevated the prominence of the group, enhanced its message and provided 
his members with important professional guidance. Under his leadership, 
the Roundtable expanded its range of activities and took leadership 
roles in interstate banking legislation, payments system regulation, 
environmental liability reforms and addressing the challenges of new 
technology for the banking industry. Most of all, Tony imparted to the 
association and its staff his values of hard work, doing what is right 
and speaking the truth; these values are reflected in the approaches 
that the association takes in working with government.
  Tony Cluff was born in Logan, Utah, and has maintained his ties to 
Utah despite spending most of his time in Washington. For though he has 
many responsibilities here, many of his family and friends remain in 
Utah and the West.
  With long service to his country and to the industry he has 
represented, Tony is leaving The Bankers Roundtable to pursue other 
interests that will afford him more time to write, to be with his 
children and grandchildren and to enjoy life a bit more. He leaves his 
work ``on top,'' with an unblemished record and with the knowledge that 
there are many in this city and throughout the country indebted to him.
  I want to wish Tony and his family the very best and express my 
thanks for all that he has done.

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