[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 23, 1994]
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                         TRIBUTE TO JOE STEWART

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I want to express my high regard and best 
wishes to our distinguished Secretary of the Senate, Walter J. Stewart, 
who will be leaving office on April 14. I know I value greatly his 
friendship and shall miss him.
  Joe Stewart can truly be described as a man of the Senate. He has 
spent most of his adult life in the service of this institution and he 
knows its customs and its requirements instinctively, by dint of long 
experience and familiarity.
  As Secretary of the Senate, he has managed with quiet efficiency the 
far-flung responsibilities of his office, which include not only the 
central legislative and record keeping functions of the Senate, but a 
wide array of support functions, ranging from the office of the Senate 
security in the Capitol attic to the disbursing office in the Hart 
Building.
  Joe has always recognized that the Senate is an assembly of unique 
individuals, each of whom has an independent agenda, and he has always 
been skillful in accommodating the operation of the institution to the 
needs of the individual members whenever he could.
  He will be sorely missed and I know I speak for many others when I 
say that I am sorry to see Joe depart to follow other pursuits. He will 
be a hard act to follow, but we are fortunate indeed to have a person 
of Martha Pope's experience and stature to assume the office of 
Secretary of the Senate when Joe leaves, and I wish her well in her new 
role.

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