[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4802]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO DANIEL P. MULHOLLAN

  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Today I wish to note the retirement of Daniel P. 
Mulhollan as Director of the Congressional Research Service and to 
thank him for his service to Congress over the past 42 years. CRS, an 
institution with roots going back to 1914, provides essential support 
for Congress. Dan Mulhollan has been a part of CRS since September 
1969; and he has led CRS since January 24, 1994, when Librarian of 
Congress James Billington named him CRS Director.
  As Director, Mulhollan's accomplishments have been impressive. He 
worked to ensure that the analytical services of CRS are explicitly and 
clearly pertinent to the legislative, oversight, and representational 
responsibilities of Congress and to the current congressional agenda. 
He expanded the ability of CRS to bring interdisciplinary scholarship 
to bear on matters important to Congress. His efforts to develop and 
implement a personnel succession plan ensure that professional talent 
will continue to be available to Congress in the years to come.
  Following graduate work in political science at Georgetown 
University, Mulhollan came to what was then known as the Legislative 
Reference Service. His first division chief recognized the restless 
energy of this new analyst in American national government and put him 
to work on inquiries about the institutional dimensions of Congress. In 
1973 Mulhollan was named section head and subsequently served as head 
of three sections in the CRS Government Division. He and the teams he 
led worked with committees and Members of Congress on such matters as 
lobbying disclosure, the Watergate investigation, and subsequent 
impeachment investigation, congressional reorganization, and 
congressional ethics. In 1981 Mulhollan became assistant chief of the 
CRS Government Division, and in that position he managed research for 
Congress on a wide range of issues, among which were the organization 
and administration of the executive and legislative branches, 
legislative process, voting and elections, lobbying, and political 
parties and processes.
  In 1991 Mulhollan received the Library's Distinguished Service Award 
for his career achievements, and in 1992 James Billington, the 
Librarian of Congress, appointed Mulhollan as Acting Deputy Librarian 
of Congress for a period of 2 years and commissioned him to head the 
Library's effort to enhance its service to Congress. Subsequently, 
Mulhollan was named chief of the CRS Government Division; and then in 
1994, Dr. Billington named Mulhollan to be Director of the 
Congressional Research Service. In making the appointment, Dr. 
Billington said, ``Daniel Mulhollan brings to this position 
comprehensive knowledge of Congress, an understanding of its research 
needs, a strong commitment to diversity, and a record of effective and 
energetic administration.'' The Librarian chose well: under Mulhollan's 
energetic leadership over the past 17 years, CRS has consolidated its 
analytic abilities and has continually demonstrated its worth to the 
United States Congress.
  I am confident that my Senate colleagues join me in wishing Daniel 
Mulhollan well in his retirement, commending his leadership of CRS, and 
thanking him for a job well done.

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