[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 148 (Wednesday, November 30, 1994)]
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RETIREMENT OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO CONGRESS ROBERT C.J. KRASNER, 
                 REAR ADMIRAL, MEDICAL CORPS, U.S. NAVY

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, the 103d Congress will complete its work 
very soon and enter its final sine die adjournment. When the 104th 
Congress reconvenes next January, some here today will not be 
returning.
  I would like today to pay tribute to one such person whose presence 
here has been a great help to all of the Members of the Senate and 
Senate officials. I refer to Rear Admiral Doctor Krasner, the Attending 
Physician to the Congress, who will not be returning next year.
  Doctor Krasner's appointment to the Attending Physician post is the 
culmination of a career of service to this institution and more 
importantly, to the U.S. Navy and the Nation it serve.
  His career with the Navy began in July, 1973, with an assignment to 
Ethiopia when Emperor Haile Selassie ruled, and has led him to service 
in Sardinia, at our British Embassy in London, in Bethesda at our Naval 
Hospital, and in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  Through his 20-plus years of service, Admiral Krasner has earned some 
of the highest honors the Navy can bestow: The Navy Commendation Medal, 
the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
  Although to the Navy, he is properly known as Admiral Krasner, to 
Senator he will always be Doctor Krasner.
  Doctor Krasner has served two terms of duty in the Attending 
Physician's office here in the Capitol, as well. He first came to the 
Congress in 1980, as Commander Krasner and was transferred to Oakland, 
CA in 1992, where he rose to command the Naval Medical Northwest 
Region.
  In 1986, Doctor Krasner returned to the Capitol, where in 1990, he 
was appointed the Attending Physician to the Congress.
  His work here with us has earned him the respect and friendship of 
all Senators. Doctor Krasner's professionalism and manner are 
reassuring to Members. His management and administration of the Office 
of Attending Physician has created an efficient medical team which 
gives both congressional staff and Members high-quality care at a 
moment's notice when needed, and which provides enormous reassurance to 
us all that a workplace accident or illness will not adversely affect 
the work of the Congress.
  All Senators know that our health care here is a cost that we pay 
personally. But I am certain that all Senators would agree that no 
monetary payment could ever purchase the quality of care and compassion 
that Doctor Krasner has created in the operations of the Attending 
Physician's Office.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing Doctor Krasner, his wife 
Leslie, and his children, Jessica and Justin, the very best for a happy 
and successful future. He will be missed here in the Capitol, but I 
know he will earn the same respect and friendship wherever he serves in 
future as he has earned here.

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