[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 70 (Friday, May 23, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TRIBUTE TO NORMAN G. ARSENEAULT

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to take a few moments to 
recognize a member of my staff who will be retiring next Friday after 
many years of service to me, the State of Idaho, the Senate, and the 
Nation.
  Norman G. Arseneault came to my office as an American Political 
Science Association fellow from the Forest Service, USDA more than 6 
years ago. He served with distinction in that fellowship program, 
taking on numerous natural resources problems facing the State of Idaho 
and working diligently to find solutions. When he completed the 
fellowship, he returned to the Forest Service to resume what I am sure 
would have been a distinguished career.
  Shortly after he had returned to the Forest Service, it became clear 
to me that solutions to the natural resources problems we faced--the 
wilderness debate in my State, endangered species listing, and a host 
of others--would benefit from Norm's skills. I offered him a permanent 
staff position, and, fortunately for Idaho, he accepted.
  Since then, all in my office have benefited from Norm Arseneault's 
professionalism, good humor, and integrity. He has developed a 
reputation on the Hill and in the State of Idaho for honesty, 
straightforwardness, fairness, and competence. It has been my good 
fortune to have been among those who have known and worked with him on 
a day-to-day basis.
  As Norm moves on to a new phase in his life, I know the traits that 
have made him so effective in my office over the past 6 years will 
service him well in his future endeavors. I am proud to know Norm 
Arseneault and to have called him friend. I speak for all in my office 
when I say he will be dearly missed. We wish him the best and God 
speed.

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