- President Bill Clinton in a September 1, 1993 letter
"We want to thank you for your important contributions as Vice President, Public Policy….During your tenure you provided leadership in developing a set of focused public policy priorities.…You conceived and established a new national homeland security program for high-risk nonprofits. You built a broad national nonprofit coalition and made it possible to achieve bipartisan support in the House and Senate, culminating in enactment of legislation, providing $25 million in Federal homeland security funding for nonprofits at high-risk of international terrorist attack….UJC recognizes the important role you played last year in securing support from key senators to strike $11 billion in Medicaid cuts from the Senate's Budget Resolution (that)…last year could have resulted in cuts in government funding to (our) communal agencies of more than $100 million…."
- Howard Rieger, President and CEO of United Jewish Communities in a May 2005 letter.
(Link to letter from Howard Rieger)
"Chuck has worked for me twice in my capacity as Chairman and Ranking Democrat on the Committee on Finance. As General Counsel he handled all of the Federal budget work of the Committee during consideration of the pivotal deficit reduction legislation of 1993 which at the time was estimated to reduce the deficit by $500 billion over 5 years. He also wrote the budget title of the health care reform legislation passed by the Finance Committee in 1994….His experience with budget and health policy and the legislative process has been extensive….In addition, the quality of his writing, analysis and legislative advice has always been top notch."
- Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY), in a letter as he neared retirement
“Charles Konigsberg has done a great service for American taxpayers--giving all of us a clear, direct and meaningful guide to the $3 trillion of our money that goes to the government to fund programs that shape our daily lives (for better or worse.) For one used to wading through gobbledygook or impenetrable jargon, the plainspoken, straightforward actual English in this book is especially refreshing. Every American concerned about federal taxing and spending--Democrat, Republican or other, budget analyst or average citizen--should have this book.”
- Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, commenting on Mr. Konigsberg's book, America's Priorities
"Chuck has been an invaluable part of the staff. With his Budget Committee background, he has a strong grasp of the budget process and its relationship to the authorizing and appropriations processes. He…has a solid command of Senate Floor procedures…and on top of that, he's a top notch lawyer….he knows how to get things done."
- Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK)
"Chuck served on the staff of the (Budget) Committee…when I was Chairman. During that time he became an expert in the congressional budget process and wrote the Committee's first explanation of the budget process….Chuck moved on to be a senior staffer at the Senate Rules Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and…the Office of Management & Budget. He served in all these positions with a high degree of professionalism. He has a reputation for commitment to public service, hard work, and bipartisanship."
- Senator Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)
Awarded for Outstanding Service to the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President.
-June 1999, Executive Office of the President, Washington DC
Comments received regarding March 29, 2006 programs organized on behalf of FLS client, Campaign for Mental Health Reform:
"...you should feel proud of your tremendous accomplishments (on behalf of) … the Campaign – galvanizing the community, establishing the Senate Caucus on Mental Health Reform, reconvening the (President's) Commission, and raising the visibility of the mental health community during key budget debates…." (Letter from Representative Patrick Kennedy) "I want to offer my heartiest congratulations for the well-planned and well-executed Campaign events of last week." (Letter from Michael F. Hogan, Ph.D., former Chair of President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health) "We were all thrilled by the success of the event and your ability to get all of these groups to work together." (Richard Nakamura, Ph.D., Deputy Director, National Institute of Mental Health)
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