[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 157 (Sunday, November 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S12222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO JOHN LUNDY

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I want to bring to the attention of the 
Senate the fact that one of our finest and brightest and best-liked 
members of staff, from the State of Mississippi, is leaving the Senate 
and going back to Mississippi at the end of this month to join one of 
the leading law firms in our State. I am talking about John Lundy, who 
is chief of staff for my distinguished State colleague, Senator Lott.
  John Lundy came to Washington in 1987 to work as a legislative 
assistant on the House side of the Capitol. He distinguished himself 
right away with his hard work, his ability to get along with staff 
members and Members of the House on both sides of the aisle, as well as 
work effectively with Senate staffers from our State and Members of the 
Senate.
  He had a lot to do with the writing of the 1990 farm bill as a member 
of the staff of Larry Combest, Congressman from Texas, who is a Member 
of the Agriculture Committee in the House.
  John is originally from Leland, MS. He graduated from Mississippi 
State University in 1983 with a degree in agricultural economics. After 
graduation, he went to work as a research assistant at the Mississippi 
State University Delta Branch Agricultural Experiment Station in 
Stoneville, MS, near his hometown of Leland. He then worked for a while 
as a loan officer with a farm credit institution in the Mississippi 
Delta.
  When he joined Senator Lott's office, he became someone with whom I 
had an opportunity to work closely over the years. When Senator Lott 
was elected majority leader, he made John Lundy his chief of staff. 
John has been one of my favorites and a good friend to me and to all of 
the Members of our delegation. We are going to miss him and his lovely 
wife, Hayley, very much, and their daughter, Eliza. They are moving to 
Jackson, as I indicated, toward the end of this month.
  But I wanted to take this opportunity to let other Senators know 
about his decision to go back to Mississippi and to congratulate him on 
his distinguished service here in the U.S. Senate as a member of our 
staff and the House of Representatives staff as well, and to wish him 
all of the best in his new undertaking. I am confident that he will be 
a tremendous success in his new association with the law firm in 
Jackson.
  We wish him well. We will miss him.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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