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Mr. HAGERTY. Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support the confirmation of my close friend and, for the past 4 years, my chief of staff, Mr. Adam Telle, who is President Trump's nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. He has served as my chief of staff for the past 4 years, and in that time, he has become a trusted adviser, a leader on my team, and, frankly, a very good friend.

Adam has spent the past two decades serving on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and at all times serving this body here in the U.S. Senate, whether he was leading the Senate side of the leg affairs team at the White House or working right here for many of us. Adam is just the type of staffer that I think we want to see step into the executive branch into a leadership role, and he will serve as an inspiration to all of the staff that serve us so ably.

Adam is the son of a geologist, a man who knows how to make things work. He has a knack for that. He is a native of Northport, AL, and a graduate of Mississippi State University's Bagley College of Engineering. He is a brilliant mind.

He has excellent organizational skills--just what we want at the Corps of Engineers. If you think about it, the work of the Army Corps of Engineers affects millions of Americans--from navigation and flood control to water infrastructure and disaster response.

This work requires capable and responsible leadership, and Adam Telle is exactly that kind of leader, and I want to urge all of my colleagues to support Adam Telle for this position.

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