[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 151 (Wednesday, October 21, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO DERECK ORR

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I would like to take this 
opportunity to commend and thank Dereck Orr, who worked with me and my 
appropriations staff this last year on putting together the fiscal year 
1999 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations bill. Dereck came to me 
last year as a Presidential Management Intern on detail from the 
President's COPS office, and proved to be a tremendous asset during 
this difficult appropriations process.
  If ever there was a year to learn about Congress and the 
Appropriations process, it would be this year. The Commerce, Justice, 
State subcommittee had a long three days of debate on the floor of the 
Senate in July, a month-long conference with the House of 
Representatives, and extension of deadline after deadline in completing 
action on our bill and the Omnibus Appropriations Act for fiscal year 
1999. Throughout this entire process, Dereck maintained poise, 
integrity, responsibility, and unfaltering support for me and my 
appropriations staff in getting the job done. He came in weekends, 
worked late at night, and basically worked above and beyond the call of 
duty. In particular, Dereck tackled the controversy-ridden issues 
surrounding the Census Bureau and worked with that agency and the House 
and Senate Appropriations staff on finding viable solutions for funding 
concerns and realistic means of addressing the Bureau's policy 
concerns. Dereck also versed himself in the Department of State title 
of our bill, making recommendations to staff during the conference on 
our bill.
  Dereck was truly an asset and welcome addition to my committee staff 
this last year. He came to me highly recommended by those that worked 
with him at the Department of Justice; he lived up to those 
recommendations and then some. Dereck is now back at COPS where they 
again will benefit from this excellent work. We will miss him here in 
the Senate, but certainly wish him, his wife, Kim, and their new 
addition well in all their future endeavors.

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