[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING JIM NUSSLE

  (Mr. McCRERY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McCRERY. Madam Speaker, today, a good man and former chairman of 
the House Budget Committee will be honored by his colleagues. A 
portrait of Jim Nussle will be unveiled and displayed in the committee 
room where he held the gavel for 6 years.
  Jim Nussle is a passionate man. He strongly believes that we are sent 
to Washington to be good stewards for taxpayers, and he was one of 
their best advocates. Under Jim's leadership of the Budget Committee, 
and for the first time in nearly a decade, we took a first step in 
reforming our mandatory, or entitlement, spending, the largest and 
least sustainable part of our budget, saving taxpayers nearly $40 
billion over the next years.
  Jim also worked to reform the budget process itself and reached 
across the aisle to develop a bipartisan solution. He coauthored the 
Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act in 1988 with Representative Ben 
Cardin. He has also supported the legislative line item veto and 
earmark reform.
  Given his experience, knowledge and commitment to public service, it 
is fitting that the President has selected Jim as his nominee for 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

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