[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3142]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       HONORING FORMER NASSAU COUNTY COMPTROLLER HOWARD WEITZMAN

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                         HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 10, 2010

  Mr. ACKERMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Howard Weitzman, 
who served as the Comptroller of Nassau County, New York from 2001 
through 2009.
  When Howard first took office, Nassau County faced an unprecedented 
budget crisis. Together with the County Executive, Howard brought 
Nassau County back from the brink of bankruptcy, balanced the county's 
budget, and turned deficits into surpluses; a feat made more remarkable 
when considering he engineered Nassau County's fiscal turnaround 
without a tax increase for three consecutive years.
  During his eight year tenure, Howard enhanced the reputation of the 
Comptroller's Office and helped to restore Nassau County residents' 
trust that their local government worked for their best interests. 
Under his stewardship, Nassau County recovered millions of dollars for 
taxpayers by exposing waste, fraud, abuse and misspending by agencies 
and vendors that did business with the County. He pioneered the launch 
of the NassauRx Card, an innovative prescription drug discount program 
that, to this day, provides savings off retail prescription drug 
prices. To date, the NassauRx Card has saved Nassau residents more, 
than $12 million.
  Prior to becoming Comptroller, Howard served as the Mayor of Great 
Neck Estates, where he and his wife, Susan, have resided for 28 years. 
He is a Certified Public Account, a former national healthcare partner 
at KPMG, and the paragon of a true, dedicated public servant. Howard's 
years of selfless service to his community are exemplary and his many 
achievements on behalf of Nassau County residents are worthy of 
recognition. I ask all my colleagues in the House of Representatives to 
please join me in honoring Howard Weitzman and thanking him for his 
service.

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