[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 15 (Thursday, January 29, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRIBUTE TO ROB LEHMAN AND LUKE ALBEE
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a couple of people
with Ohio ties who have dedicated much of their careers to public
service, Rob Lehman and Luke Albee. Rob Lehman served more than two
decades on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch most recently, and
that is when I got to know and work with him as chief of staff to my
colleague from Ohio, Senator Rob Portman. Rob Lehman served as chief of
staff when Senator Portman was the U.S. Trade Representative, so he
understands why trade and enforcement of trade rules are such important
issues to a State such as Ohio.
He was helpful when Senator Portman and I testified together before
the International Trade Commission on behalf of Ohio Steelworkers.
Fortunately, in this case the ruling was on the side of Ohio
manufacturers. In some cases China and now in other cases Korea have
not played fair and have broken trade rules. Rob Lehman provided
breadth and insight to Senator Portman on this issue and so many others
that are important to Ohio during my colleague's 4 years in the Senate.
I wish to also honor Luke Albee. Luke is a native Ohioan and long
time Senate aide. He is a Cleveland native and, like myself, a die-hard
Cleveland Indians fan.
Luke Albee had a long tenure in the office of Senator Patrick Leahy
of Vermont, rising from an entry-level position to become his chief of
staff. He served in the same role--which he is about to leave--for my
colleague Senator Mark Warner of Virginia. He began in Senator Leahy's
office answering mail and later guided the office through the September
11 attacks, the anthrax discovery on Capitol Hill, and other memorable
events while chief of staff--like a 5-hour dinner with Senator Leahy
and Fidel Castro while on a trip to Cuba in 1999. Like Rob Lehman, Luke
Albee likes to bring people together and reach common ground so the
Senate can move forward the way it should.
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