[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4664]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO DR. DOUGLAS ELMENDORF

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I would like to take this moment to 
recognize Dr. Douglas Elmendorf's strong service to our country and, 
specifically, to the Congress. He leaves the directorship of the 
Congressional Budget Office today after leading this important agency 
for 6 years, one of the longest tenures in CBO's 40-year history. His 
steady, wise, and innovative management of Congress's budget umpires 
has enhanced that organization's already sterling reputation.
  We are particularly grateful for his steady hand as we worked our way 
through the policy responses to the great recession. I cannot think of 
a more trying time to have been CBO Director than the last 6 years.
  He also gets high marks in my book for his leadership in pioneering 
important scoring techniques that include the use of models of the U.S. 
economy. In this regard, his commitment to providing Members of 
Congress with the best information possible further burnished CBO 
reputation.
  We will miss Doug Elmendorf. However, he leaves a young man, which 
likely means those of us in the public policy community will continue 
for many years to benefit from his economic wisdom and passion for this 
country.

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