In Remembrance of Chris Allen

Floor Speech

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Mr. NEAL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to offer my condolences to the family and friends of Chris Allen, a valued member of the Senate Finance Committee staff. Chris was a leader on an issue that is of particular importance to me, retirement security. Chris will always be remembered for his tireless work ensuring the solvency of the pensions of thousands of workers in multiemployer pensions--and his leadership in making it easier for Americans to save for retirement in the SECURE Act. An alum of Loyola College in Maryland and Johns Hopkins University, he worked on pension and benefit issues and exempt organization issues for the Senate Finance Committee, under both Chairmen Chuck Grassley and Orrin Hatch. Before he joined the Finance Committee, he worked as a senior economic policy adviser for Senator Pat Roberts. And before that, he worked as a consultant and advisor for various groups, including the Financial Accounting Foundation and the National Association of State Treasurers. Widely known and widely liked, Chris will be remembered for his dedication, his passion, his candor and his sense of humor. His was a warm presence that lightened the tone of meetings and briefings. And he worked hard for what he believed in. Not just widely known and widely liked, Chris will also be widely missed. We hold in our hearts those closest to Chris, especially his wife Lynda, his daughters Sophie and Lucie, and the rest of his family and friends. I send my deepest sympathies to the Allen family, to his friends, and to Senator Grassley and to our other colleagues in the Senate, and I ask my colleagues to do the same.

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