[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          RECOGNIZING PAM HAZE

  Mr. REED. Madam President, today I honor the distinguished career of 
Pamela K. Haze, who retired from the U.S. Department of the Interior 
this past August after 34 years of Federal service.
  Ms. Haze served as the Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Budget, Finance, Performance and Acquisition for the past 5 years. Her 
most recent position was the culmination of many years of experience 
working in various capacities within the Department's budget office. 
Her career prior to that time was spent in other bureaus of the 
Department, where Pam worked as a biologist and hydrologist, and served 
in other management roles with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau 
of Outdoor Recreation.
  As the primary liaison between the Department and the Senate and 
House Committees on Appropriations, Pam has been an indispensable and 
trusted adviser. I have had the good fortune as chairman of the 
Interior Appropriations Subcommittee to both work and travel with Pam, 
most notably on a trip to Alaska that included our subcommittee's 
ranking member, Senator Lisa Murkowski, and former Secretary of the 
Interior Ken Salazar. I have witnessed firsthand Pam's dedication to 
the Department's mission. She has worked tirelessly with me and my 
staff during the annual appropriations process and we have steadily 
relied on Pam's vast store of knowledge and keen insights to help 
resolve challenges that have arisen over the years.
  The appropriations process simply would not be the same without her 
and the dedication, wisdom, and the good humor she brought to her work. 
I join with many in wishing her all the best as she begins a well-
deserved retirement.

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