[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 141 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12228]
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 TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH ``BETTIE'' MOHART FOR HER SERVICE TO THE UNITED 
                             STATES SENATE

 Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
Elizabeth ``Bettie'' Mohart for her outstanding service to the United 
States Senate. Bettie was the Chief Clerk on the Senate Committee on 
Small Business, of which I am Chair. In the three and a half years that 
she was with the Committee, she helped to make it run smoothly and 
efficiently.
  When Sam Rayburn said ``you cannot be a leader, and ask other people 
to follow you, unless you know how to follow too,'' he could have been 
talking about Bettie Mohart. She started her service in 1969 with 
Senator Stuart Symington as a Staff Assistant, and then went to work 
for Senator Robert Byrd as a Staff Assistant in 1972. In 1974, Bettie 
left the Senate to pursue other endeavors, only to return in 1985 to 
work for Senator Jack Danforth. She was hired as a Staff Assistant for 
Senator Danforth's personal office and was later moved to the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, when he became Chair. He then asked Bettie to 
return to his personal office, as Office Manager, where she stayed 
until his retirement. In 1994, I was fortunate enough to be able to 
hire her for the Committee on Small Business where she remained until 
her departure.
  By the time Bettie came to work for me she had worked in just about 
every capacity, in the Senate, with the exception of Chief of Staff and 
Senator, which no doubt she could have handled. This experience made 
her, not only an asset to my Committee, but it also gave her the wisdom 
to manage the Small Business Committee office with a just hand. I thank 
Bettie for her many years of service to myself and to the United States 
Senate, and wish her the best of luck in the future.

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