[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 16, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S2682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                       TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL DELANEY

  Ms. AYOTTE. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize and 
congratulate an excellent lawyer and a dedicated public servant--New 
Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney. As Mike completes more than 
14 years of service to the people of New Hampshire I would like to 
acknowledge his significant record of accomplishments.
  Long before Mike rose to the position of attorney general, he served 
as a prosecutor in the homicide unit. I was privileged to work with him 
on several murder trials, including the case involving two murdered 
Dartmouth professors. And I was proud to continue serving with him when 
I was the attorney general and he was the deputy attorney general, 
working together to provide leadership for the office.
  Having had the privilege of working side by side with Mike, I can 
attest to his passion for seeking justice in all prosecutions, his 
outstanding advocacy on behalf of victims, and his commitment to 
providing the State with legal representation and counsel of the 
highest quality.
  After serving as legal counsel to the governor, Mike was appointed to 
serve as New Hampshire's attorney general in 2009. Throughout his 
service as attorney general, Mike served the people of New Hampshire 
with diligence, independence and integrity, leading by example as he 
and his staff performed the constitutional, statutory and common law 
duties of the attorney general as the State's chief legal officer and 
chief law enforcement officer.
  As Mike leaves public service to return to private practice, I 
commend him on a job well done. He has successfully carried forward the 
highest traditions of excellence and independence of the office of 
attorney general and leaves a legacy of improvements to all aspects of 
the work of the New Hampshire Department of Justice. I ask my 
colleagues to join me in thanking him for his service and wishing him, 
his wife Caroline, and their children Will, Maggie and Katie, well in 
all their future endeavors.

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