[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 7 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S825]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          DEATH OF JIM FLEMING

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, it was great sadness that I learned the 
death of Jim Fleming last week. Jim, as all my colleagues know, has 
been the administrative assistant to our colleague, Senator Ford since 
1975. During that time he also served as Senator Ford's staff for 
matters coming before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and 
its predecessor, the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
  Mr. President, Jim Fleming was one of the true professionals who are 
responsible for the operation of the Senate. He was respected and liked 
by the staff on both sides of the aisle. During the 14 years that I and 
my staff have known him, he was always considerate and helpful. His 
expertise will be sorely missed not only in areas such as uranium 
enrichment and utility regulation, but on all the other issues that 
come before the committee where he was able to see where the 
differences on issues lay and where a constructive compromise was 
possible. I know that his death will be an enormous loss to Senator 
Ford, but it will also be a major loss for our committee and our 
Members and staff who have known and relied on him for these years.
  I want to express my deepest sympathies to his two children and my 
sincere condolences to Senator Ford. Jim had been with Senator Ford 
since 1967 and I know how close their relationship has been. We will 
miss him as well.


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