[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 10 (Monday, February 2, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S366]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               DEPARTURE OF LESLIE BROWN FROM RECLAMATION

 Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, today I bid farewell and best wishes 
to Ms. Leslie Brown, who leaves the Bureau of Reclamation's Washington 
office after fifteen years of dedicated service.
  For the majority of her 15 years at the Bureau of Reclamation, Leslie 
has served in their office of Congressional Affairs with distinction 
and efficiency and without regard to ideology or partisanship. During 
my tenure both as chairman and as ranking member of the Water and Power 
Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Ms. Brown 
worked closely with my staff to make sure that testimony was submitted 
in a timely manner. She always worked to ensure that we got the 
information we needed from Reclamation in order to address many of the 
water resources issues facing Oregon and the western United States. We 
will miss Ms. Brown at Reclamation. With her there, we always knew we 
could get the information and assistance we needed in a timely manner 
and always with a smile on her face.
  While Reclamation and those of us in this body who work with that 
agency are sad to see her leave Reclamation, I am pleased that Ms. 
Brown will continue to work with the Congress from her new post in the 
Congressional Affairs office at the Department of Agriculture's Rural 
Development--where she will continue to help Congress address the needs 
of rural communities throughout the United States.
  Mr. President, I ask you and others in this body to join me in 
wishing her good luck and thank her for everything that she has done 
for me, for Oregon, for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and 
for the Senate.

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