[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5755-5756]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    IN APPRECIATION OF MINORITY STAFF OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

  (Mr. SPRATT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SPRATT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to echo the remarks of the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kasich). He and I came here together in 1983. 
We have been great friends since then, and that friendship is carried 
over to the work on the committee together. We disagree strongly, but 
we do it in an agreeable way continually, and it is because he is a 
gentleman, he is affable, he is wonderful to work with. And I say the 
same for his staff, particularly Wayne Struble.
  I would like to say something for our staff on the minority side, 
because we in the minority have a small staff and we have to really put 
out to put a product together. But they have done a gargantuan job over 
the last several weeks, and I want to mention them individually.
  Susan Warner, Medicare. Richard Kogan; I do not know anybody in town 
who knows the budget better than Richard, number cruncher super. Pepper 
Santalucia, he just joined us. Sheila McDowell. Linda Bywaters. Chuck 
Fant. Hugh Brady on defense and discretionary spending. Lisa Irving. 
Sarah Abernathy. Dale Caldwell. Jim Klumpner, who just joined us, our 
chief

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economist. Andrea Weathers. Marian Worthington. Craig Bomberger. Sandy 
Clark, who is on maternity leave, about to have twins, but nevertheless 
is connected with us by modem. And, above all, my friend, my colleague, 
and my tireless worker, our chief of staff on the minority side, Tom 
Kahn.
  They have put in a Herculean job over the last several weeks. We did 
not win but we came to the floor in fine fashion because of the work 
they did.

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