[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 141 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S10830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATING SENATE STAFF

  Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I rise late in the afternoon today of what 
has been a highly unusual day in the Senate--in Washington. I want to 
take a moment to congratulate all the people who are working, all the 
people who are working in the Senate Chamber, all the Members' staffs 
who are working. Hearings have been held today. The Senate has been in 
session and work is continuing. I thank them for their dedication. I 
thank them for what they mean for our country and what they have done 
to help our country.
  The vast majority of people who work on Capitol Hill, at least from 
my perspective in life, are fairly young. They have gone through 
something that no members of staffs have ever gone through before. They 
have done very well. I congratulate them and thank them.
  I want to pay particular tribute to my staff and thank them. Eight 
members of my staff have been tested, as have hundreds of other members 
of other staffs. I also want to pay particular tribute to my State 
director, Barbara Schenk. Barbara has gone through a very difficult 
time in the last few weeks. Her brother, Doug Cherry, died in the World 
Trade Center. So our thoughts and prayers go to her and to her family 
and the Cherry family.

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