secretary for the majority, laura dove, robert duncan and the whole cloakroom team are invaluable to the work we do each and every day. i would like to thank them for the hours they put in no matter what the issue of the day may become. and finally to my own team, first sharon who leads my staff with focus and commitment to success. i'm lucky to have her by my side every day. she makes each of us better by not letting us forget why we're here, and that is to do the right thing for the american people. we have seen a lot of debates together over the last ten years, and her counsel is always stead and straightforward. she truly is the best of the best. don stewart. stu keeps us always on our toes but always with a smile. the communications team of robert stewart and tony afario, david popp, stephanie pinn and be kevin grout and many more help to communicate in a challenging news environment every single day, and i'm so thankful for their efforts. hazen marshall who has been in the trenches on this every day since we started our work on this bill. hazen may be the most likable guy in th

and laura dove, especially laura dove who coordinates this activity on the floor, knows the rules backwards and forwards and is able to give good advice, very did i have knit advice -- definite advice but always helpful. tony hanagan, mike schmitt, katherine kilroy. i'd be remiss if we didn't thank the senate parliamentarian elizabeth macdonough and her team, leig hildebrand. i know they have given up a lot of their nights and their weekends as well as their regular job time working in detail on these -- on this product and people wouldn't realize the file cabinets full of precedents they have to search through as they listen to both sides make cases about what can and can't be in a budget reconciliation bill. there are also many other staffers who deserve to be thanked for their work on this product including the entire finance and energy committee staffs, but in the interest of time i will just say that i appreciate them and look forward to working with all of them to help finish enacting this bill that will benefit hardworking americans and make our economy and country stronger. mr. pres

i also need to thank the staff from the leader's office including laura dove, hasen marshall, don steward, and jane lee. of course i want to thank the members of the senate finance committee who put in countless days, weeks, and months in preparing this legislation and helping to get it passed. all of our majority members contributed greatly to this process, and i am most grateful. i also want to thank the tax legislative assistants who helped to craft this bill, namely chris allen, sam beaver, joseph bottiker, chez hawk inns, randy herndon, monica mcguire, mike qqil, robert needen, derek thur and mark warren. they all did an outstanding job to help produce the bill. i thank charles kulger, ken f lace, brad grants, kirk kavark and jessica mcbride, landon strucko, steven townsend. in addition to all the senators and staff on the finance committee, i need to thank others. this process has been a joint effort with our friends on the budget committee, and i need to thank senator enzi once again for his leadership on that committee to give us the reconciliation instruction that made this all p

i want to thank the majority floor staff for their assistance, particularly laura dove, robert duncan, and megan mercer. like i said, mr. president, this has been a long process and throughout this entire venture, i have had the benefits of working with a skilled and committed staff. my staff have sacrificed time, energy, sleep, and in some cases likely their physical and mental health to the passage of this bill. it has been an incredible effort, and i need to thank all of them. i want to single out my chief tax counsel mike. we could not have done -- mark. we could not have done any of this without mark. and also thank jay who has been the tip of the sphere managing the outgoing issues with apparent ease. i also want to thank his assistant jason stigmire for helping keep jay from forgetting the important details, like remembering to eat lunch. i want to thank my entire tax staff jennifer, tony, christopher hanna, alex moony, eric olemman, marty, preston rutledge and nick wyatt. i need to thank the members of my senior team, matt, jennifer, chris armstrong, brian hickman, and shane w

marshall, terry van donor, and especially the outstanding floor staff here that was led -- is led by laura dove. i know that for many of them, certainly laura and sharon, they have been around for their fair share of the an anwr debates and fights. this is no new issue for them, but i appreciate their help and their support a great deal. from budget, i thank betsy mcdonald, eric euland, alison mcgwire. from finance, i want to thank and congratulate jay costla, and mark prader. i had the added benefit of going to law school with mark prader. brilliant guy then, and even more brilliant now. i greatly appreciate all that they did on the tax reform bill. and i also want to give a shout out to tara shaw who is now with nor enzi and -- senator enzi and who has been a good friend and help to me. lastly and certainly not least, i want to thank all of the alaskans who have contributed to this effort over the years. we had a group of about two dozen alaskans that had traveled all the way from alaska's north slope, some 5,000 miles, to be here last night for this vote. these are men and women who for deca