[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9662-S9663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATIONS KELLY RIORDAN

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, at the close of business today, the 
Senate will lose a valued and important part of the Democratic floor 
staff. Today, Kelly Riordan leaves the Senate to pursue a law degree at 
the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
  Kelly graduated from Northwestern University and came to the Senate 
in August of 1989 to work in the mail room for the former Senate 
majority leader, George Mitchell. She spent much of the following 4 
years in Senator Mitchell's office working as a legislative 
correspondent before she was chosen to join the Democratic floor staff 
in 1993.
  Kelly has never forgotten where she comes from. She was born in 
Livermore Falls, ME, and worked hard for the people of Maine during her 
time in Senator Mitchell's office. There is no doubt she has made her 
parents and her family and her State proud through her work here on the 
Senate floor.
  She has proven herself to be a hard working and loyal part of the 
Democratic floor staff. She has become a

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true friend to many Senators and staff on both sides of the aisle, and 
we all wish her well as she starts the next chapter of her life.
  Congratulations, Kelly.
  Mr. LOTT. I join the distinguished minority leader in extending best 
wishes. Kelly has been a very valuable asset here in the Senate, mostly 
on the other side of the aisle, but she has a very pleasant 
personality. I have enjoyed visiting with her on occasion.

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