[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 22 (Thursday, February 15, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S1461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          TRIBUTE TO PAUL NASH

 Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to and 
honor Paul Nash. Paul has been a highly-valued member of my legislative 
staff for more than 4 years, and I wanted to take this opportunity to 
publicly thank him for all his years of hard work and dedication to the 
people of South Dakota. Paul will no longer be working on my staff 
after next week, and I, along with my entire staff, will miss his 
contributions greatly.
  Paul was one of the original members of my Senate staff when I began 
serving in this body in January of 1997. Paul has worked on a number of 
issues in my office, and for the past several years has been my 
legislative assistant responsible for staffing my Banking Committee 
assignment, as well as taxes, telecommunications, campaign finance 
reform, government employees and labor issues. Paul has been an 
instrumental part of some of my key legislative accomplishments since I 
have had the honor of serving in the Senate, including passage of the 
Johnson amendment to the Financial Services Modernization Act, and 
legislation to provide access to local television stations for rural 
satellite owners. Paul has also been actively involved in helping to 
produce bipartisan legislation in the past Congress and at the start of 
this Congress to reauthorize the Export Administration Act. His efforts 
have earned him the respect of many people he has worked with, 
including other Senators and staff of the Banking Committee.
  Paul has also worked closely with members of the South Dakota 
financial services community, and I know he will be missed by them as 
well. Paul's efforts on telecommunication issues for rural America, as 
well as his hard work on many other issues, such as campaign finance 
reform and tax policy have also been important contributions to my 
legislative efforts of the past 4 years. He has been a true public 
servant for me, the people of South Dakota and the Nation.
  I know Paul's parents, family, friends and colleagues are all very 
proud of him. Paul has a very bright future, and I know he will 
continue to succeed at whatever he chooses to do. On behalf of my wife 
Barbara and I, and my entire staff, I want to thank Paul Nash for his 
dedication and years of hard work for me and the people of South 
Dakota.

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