[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 141 (Thursday, October 3, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S12297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    COMMENDING MICHAEL J. MATTHES FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE U.S. SENATE

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I would like to commend Michael J. Matthes 
for his exemplary service to the U.S. Senate, and to me, for these past 
two legislative sessions of the 104th Congress.
  Mike is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and has served with 
distinction for fifteen years in the U.S. Navy.
  He has earned the rank of commander and has had extensive experience 
as a nuclear submarine officer.
  He has served as a legislative military advisor in my office with 
great skill and professionalism.
  The Senate will greatly miss his sound judgment, good counsel, and 
witty sense of humor. Soon he will assume his new duties as a commander 
of a nuclear submarine.
  As Mike quickly became a member of my office family, I witnessed in 
his daily demeanor his devotion and love for his wife, Mara, and his 
four lovely daughters, Kelly, Cailin, Colleen, and Sarah.
  Mr. President, the Senate has benefited greatly from Mike's service. 
I wish he and his family every success in the future and hope that his 
Navy career will soon bring him back to the Senate.

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