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John A. Yarmuth was mentioned in HONORING ROBERT ``BOB'' F. WEINHAGEN, JR. ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LE..... on page E952 covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 3, 2021 in the Congressional Record.

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HONORING ROBERT ``BOB'' F. WEINHAGEN, JR. ON THE OCCASION OF HIS

RETIREMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

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HON. JASON SMITH

of missouri

in the house of representatives

Friday, September 3, 2021

Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam Speaker, my colleague, Mr. Yarmuth of Kentucky, and I would like to recognize the career of Bob Weinhagen, a senior counsel at the House Office of Legislative Counsel, upon his retirement and thank him for his distinguished service to the U.S. House Committee on the Budget and Congress.

Bob is retiring after 50 years of dedicated service to the U.S. House of Representatives. Bob was hired as the fourteenth attorney to serve in the Office of the Legislative Counsel in July 1970. During his career, Bob drafted various banking laws, ethics reforms, and the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. Bob worked closely with the House Committee on the Budget for most of his career, assisting Committee members and staff in fulfilling our responsibilities under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Bob played an invaluable role in drafting budget resolutions from 1981 through 2021 and all budget reconciliation bills since 1981. He also drafted countless budget laws, including the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, the Budget Control Act of 2011, and the Bipartisan Budget Acts of 2013, 2015, 2018, and 2019.

We greatly appreciate Bob's dedication and exceptional service over the past 50 years to the House Committee on the Budget and Congress. Bob exemplifies the Office of the Legislative Counsel's high standard of professionalism, expertise, and nonpartisanship. We wish him all the best in his retirement and future endeavors.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 153

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