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“HONORING ANTHONY F. COLE” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E188 on Feb. 14, 2001.
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HONORING ANTHONY F. COLE
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HON. JAMES A. LEACH
of iowa
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to extol the virtues and lament the retirement of Anthony F. ``Tony'' Cole after more than 25 years of federal service.
A scholar and a gentleman, Tony graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of William and Mary, earned a Masters in history from Rutgers, and his law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at William and Mary.
In 1975 Tony joined the staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, where he served as Deputy General Counsel of the Depository Institutions Deregulation Committee and later as Special Assistant to the Board as its liaison with Congress.
Leaving these real jobs, Tony came to the Hill in 1986 to serve first as Minority Counsel and then as Minority Staff Director for the House Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
During my tenure as Chairman of the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, from January 1995 to the end of last year, Tony was the Staff Director for the Committee.
Tony's fine hand may be seen in all of the major legislation the Committee considered over the past 15 years, from the reform of the savings and loan industry (FIRREA), to the financial modernization bill
(Gramm-Leach-Bliley), to debt relief for the poorest countries in the world.
As my colleagues know, the job of a committee staff director is one of the most demanding on Capitol Hill. It requires assuaging the easily bruised egos of the Members, administering a multimillion dollar budget, managing a 50-member professional and support staff, and coordinating with leadership. All this must be accomplished while having at one's finger tips an encyclopedic knowledge of both current statute and the legislative process.
Nobody did it better than Tony.
A consummate professional, Tony was respected by both sides of the aisle and revered by the staff he led by precept and example. A person of grace and good humor, he gave of himself unstintingly to this institution and in so doing to serving the people of the United States.
The House needs the likes of Tony Cole and he will be sorely missed.
It is with profound gratitude that I wish Tony all the best in a well-deserved retirement.
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