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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF EDWARD S. LORENZEN

AND MICHAEL S. LORENZEN

     Introduced By: Representatives Roberts, Price, Casimiro, Shekarchi, and Morgan

     Date Introduced: February 06, 2018

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this House has learned of the untimely passing

of Edward Lorenzen and his young son, Michael, in a tragic house fire at their home in Coventry.

They are survived by Zacheri and Penny Lorenzen, Mr. Lorenzen’s other two children and

Michael's brother and sister, and Kellie Lorenzen, Michael's mother; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Michael was the grandson of Barbara Houghtaling and the late

Michael Lorenzen, Mr. Lorenzen's mother and father, and Richard and Cathy Souza, Michael's

maternal grandparents; and

     WHEREAS, Ed Lorenzen was a twenty-year veteran of the federal budget process and an

influential budget and policy staffer in Washington, D.C. Until June of 2010, he had served on

the staff of House Leader Steny Hoyer, as Senior Policy Advisor, and previously on the staff of

former Congressman Charlie Stenholm. Most recently, for the past seven and a half years, he was

a senior advisor for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; and

     WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Lorenzen had helped to craft the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-

Act where he earned the nickname "Captain PAYGO", and had served as staff on the Simpson-

Bowles Commission; and

     WHEREAS, Ed Lorenzen had a brilliant mind, legendary wit, and most importantly, an

unending love and devotion for his children. Upon their passing, his four-year-old son Michael

was found in his arms, "a final act of bravery from a father to a son"; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby extends deepest condolences on the passing of Ed and Michael

Lorenzen; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Kellie, Zacheri and Penny Lorenzen.

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