[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 22, 1994)]
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TO ELECT SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, ROBERT LAURENT 
                                 BENOIT

  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I send a resolution to the desk and 
ask that it be stated and immediately considered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 192) to elect Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate, Robert Laurent Benoit.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, as I previously stated, Martha Pope, 
who currently serves as Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and who has 
served in that position with great distinction, will become Secretary 
of the Senate effective April 15. And under this resolution, Robert L. 
Benoit has been nominated to succeed her as Sergeant at Arms.
  Mr. Benoit has been a longtime employee of the Senate, serving for 
the past 14 years as the field representative in charge of my offices 
in Maine, and prior to that, he served the Senate as an assistant to my 
predecessor, Senator Muskie. He is an extremely able, intelligent, and 
decisive person who will, I believe, serve effectively in the position 
of Sergeant at Arms, and will meet the high standards which Martha Pope 
has established as set for that office by her conduct.
  I now, Madam President, urge adoption of the resolution.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution.
  The resolution (S. Res. 192) was agreed to.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote by which 
the resolution was agreed to.
  Mr. BYRD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The resolution is as follows:

                              S. Res. 192

       Resolved, That Robert Laurent Benoit be, and he is hereby 
     elected Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
     effective April 15, 1994.

  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I thank my colleagues.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, first of all, I want to join the 
distinguished majority leader with regard to the two individuals named. 
Joe Stewart has been an exemplary Secretary of the Senate for many 
years, and has always been most helpful and considerate to this 
Senator. I know I speak for a lot of other Senators in saying he is 
going to be sorely missed. He has been a great help in making sure that 
this institution runs in an orderly and effective manner. We are going 
to miss him.
  I congratulate Mr. Benoit on his elevation to the position of 
Sergeant at Arms and wish him well.

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