Political Quotes

“I rise today to pay tribute to Linda Robertson in honor of her storied career in public service, including as a key member of the Federal Reserve's staff for over 13 years. Her career has touched many of the most important economic events of the past 40 years. Originally from Oklahoma, Linda first came to Washington to work for Congressman Jim Jones. She quickly made her mark working on taxation and finance matters both in his office and for the Committee on Ways and Means. It was in this job that she had a front row seat to the 1986 tax reform effort made famous by books like ``Showdown at Gucci Gulch.'' While continuing her work in Congress during the day, she attended classes at night to earn her master of laws in taxation. Based on her exceptional congressional experience and knowledge of policy, Linda was later nominated and confirmed to serve as Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs and Public Liaison at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Following her service at the Treasury Department, she worked as the top public advocate for Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine. Linda returned to public service in August 2009 as an assistant to the Federal Reserve Board and head of its congressional liaison office. She began this position at a time of immense challenge for the country and as Congress and our regulatory Agencies worked to stabilize the financial system following the great recession of 2008.…”