Recognizing Joanna Capps on Her Retirement

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Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, I, along with Representative Granger and Representative Cole, rise today to recognize and congratulate Joanna ``Jodi'' Capps, who retired from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on January 21, 2022, after more than 33 years of exemplary service to the Congress.

During her career, Jodi came to be highly respected by Congressional staff on both sides of the aisle for her deep institutional knowledge and expertise regarding the annual appropriations process.

In 1994, four years after beginning her Congressional career as a professional staff member for the Senate Appropriations Committee, Jodi moved to the Scorekeeping unit within the Budget Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office. For the next 28 years, she provided timely, informative, and reliable analysis for hundreds of iterations of appropriation bills while also supporting the agency's other core budgetary analysis functions.

During her tenure Jodi developed a breadth of substantive expertise across many of the annual appropriation bills. In carrying out her duties, Jodi has earned a reputation for being a dependable and trustworthy colleague, and her efforts to foster strong, collaborative working relationships within CBO and with Congressional staff have strengthened both entities from an institutional perspective.

We are particularly grateful to her for the last 17 years she spent doing crucial work to support the legislative efforts of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees' Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Jodi's tireless contributions to the Subcommittees--including countless nights and weekends--have been indispensable to drafting annual appropriations bills and emergency supplementals that benefit millions of American families. The Subcommittees' work spans a vast array of incredibly important topics, and the legislation from those subcommittees that has been enacted by this institution are better for the efforts Jodi has made to keep the Congress informed.

Outside of her work responsibilities, Jodi is known for her creative talents, generous civic attitude, and famous love of animals. She is a bighearted volunteer who makes it a priority to contribute her time and resources to support a wide variety of community groups that benefit people of all walks of life--and animals, too. She and her husband of many years, Alan, share a particular passion for four-footed friends, several of which are in their care at any given time. In the years ahead, we know that Jodi's community will benefit tremendously from her newfound time to devote to pursuing her passions.

We are grateful for Jodi's distinguished service to the Congress and know she will be missed throughout Capitol Hill. We celebrate her tremendous contributions to this institution, and wish her the best in her retirement.

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