HONORING COMPTROLLER GENERAL GENE DODARO
HON. ROBERT GARCIA OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Mr. GARCIA of California. Mr. Speaker, I
rise to recognize the Honorable Gene Dodaro,
the eighth Comptroller General of the United
States and head of the Government Accountability
Office, Congress’s nonpartisan investigatory
arm. Mr. Dodaro’s fifteen-year term as
the Comptroller General ends on December
29 and his service to GAO, Congress, and our
Nation has been remarkable.
Mr. Dodaro began his career at GAO more
than fifty years ago. During his time as the
head of GAO, Mr. Dodaro has adapted the
agency to meet Congress’s needs in a time of
extraordinary technological change. While
maintaining GAO’s stringent quality assurance
standards, Mr. Dodaro expanded GAO’s work
to examine how changes in science and technology
affect our government’s ability to make
sure every federal dollar is spent as Congress
intends.
A stalwart commitment to GAO’s core values
of accountability, integrity, and reliability
have defined Mr. Dodaro’s tenure. During his
term as Comptroller General, GAO’s work has
led to over one trillion dollars in financial benefits.
Mr. Dodaro has testified before Congress
more than 200 times. A cornerstone of his
work is GAO’s ‘‘High Risk List,’’ which highlights
specific challenges in programs that involve
substantial resources and provide critical
services to the public.
GAO’s real value, however, goes far beyond
what any dollar amount can tell us. GAO’s
value derives from its ability to independently
report the facts and speak truth to power.
I ask my colleagues to please join me in
thanking Mr. Dodaro for his more than 50
years of service in helping us perform the
Constitutional duties of the legislative branch
and in wishing him well as he completes his
term.
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