Washington Honors 'Gold Standard' Public Servant Ed Lorenzen
Congressional party leaders, former lawmakers and budget wonks paused to honor former congressional aide and budget expert Ed Lorenzen, who died tragically with his young son in a January house fire.
There are about 19,000 staffers working on Capitol Hill for the 535 House and Senate lawmakers who so often see to it that Washington, D.C., doesn't work as well as they do.
On Tuesday, hundreds including GOP and Democratic party leaders, current and former lawmakers and the Beltway's coterie of budget wonks gathered at the Library of Congress to pay tribute to Ed Lorenzen, a veteran congressional aide and budget specialist who Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., praised as the "gold standard" for staff on Capitol Hill.
"It's been a
