2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 248
Celebrating the life of John Caffrey Angell.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 9, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, March 11, 2026
WHEREAS, John Caffrey Angell, a distinguished civil servant, devoted husband and father, and beloved member of the Arlington County community, died on February 12, 2026; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland, John Angell earned degrees from Pomona College and Loyola Law School before returning to Washington, D.C., to embark on an illustrious career on Capitol Hill; and
WHEREAS, John Angell served as the staff director of the House Committee on the Budget when it was chaired by Leon Panetta, who he followed to the Office of Management and Budget and later the White House; and
WHEREAS, John Angell served for some time in the executive branch of the United States Government as the assistant secretary of legislative affairs at the Department of Energy, and later returned to Capitol Hill to serve as the staff director of the Senate Finance Committee; and
WHEREAS, John Angell was a victim of the anthrax attacks directed at members of the United States Congress in 2001, and he demonstrated extraordinary strength and determination to recover and return to the Senate Finance Committee as a senior advisor; and