[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 93 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S7942]
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   PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
                  ELECTION OF SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I send a resolution to the desk notifying 
the House of Representatives of the election of Kelly Johnston as 
Secretary of the Senate and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The resolution will be stated by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 131), providing for notification to 
     the House of Representatives of the election of Secretary of 
     the Senate.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the resolution is considered and agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 131) was agreed to, as follows:
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives be notified of 
     the election of the Honorable Kelly D. Johnston, of Oklahoma, 
     as Secretary of the Senate.

  Mr. NICKLES. I again thank my colleagues. I thank Senator Dole for an 
outstanding selection. I know Senator Inhofe, Senator Dole, myself, 
Senator Lott, and Senator Thurmond are all very proud to have Kelly 
Johnston be the next Secretary of the Senate.
  Mr. THURMOND addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I just want to take this opportunity to 
commend Sheila Burke for the great job she has done and the service she 
has rendered to this Senate and to this country. She is a lady of 
ability, integrity, and dedication. We have been very fortunate to have 
her to serve as she has done so faithfully.
  I also would like to congratulate Kelly Johnston for assuming the 
secretaryship of this Senate. This is a very important position. It 
involves many activities that concern all of us, and I am sure, since 
he is going to run the service, it will be efficient, capable, and 
helpful to this country.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I would like to join the others this morning 
in congratulating Kelly Johnston upon his selection to be the Secretary 
of the Senate. I, too, have known Kelly for several years. I have known 
him to be always very efficient and very effective in whatever he has 
done. His work with the Republican Party in the past, but particularly 
his work at the policy committee, has been exceptional.
  The papers, the studies, the analyses, the statistics that we receive 
from the policy committee--under the chairmanship of Don Nickles, but 
under the stewardship, also, of Kelly Johnston as executive director of 
the policy committee--has been outstanding. I always look forward to 
receiving those documents. In fact, I have one of their very good 
pieces right here before me this morning on the telecommunications 
bill.
  He has done outstanding work. I think his ability to get along with 
people and his knowledge of the Senate will serve us all very well. I 
congratulate him and his family for the fine work he has done and look 
forward to working with him in the future.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, let me also join in the welcoming of 
Kelly Johnston as our new Secretary of the Senate. He has done 
outstanding work for the Senator from Oklahoma, and we are pleased at 
his appointment.
  I particularly wanted to emphasize the admiration that we have all 
had for the job done by Sheila Burke. I had the utmost confidence in 
the former Secretary, Joe Stewart. He had been around this body 40-some 
years. I will never forget, recently, as we talked, he was commenting 
on the outstanding job being done by Sheila Burke. He said she was the 
most efficient Secretary that we had ever had in there. I am sorry to 
see her not continue, but I understand that Kelly Johnston will be well 
able, after a short time, to perform equally well.
  So I both welcome Mr. Johnston and I lament the loss of Sheila Burke, 
but she will be continuing to work with us, I am sure.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, may I just say a word about Sheila Burke 
and Kelly Johnston? I would like to join in praise. Sheila Burke has 
been absolutely amazing. She is somebody we can go to and get something 
done right away. She will always have the answer. I join in the 
congratulations to Kelly Johnston and I look forward to working with 
him.


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