[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 73 (Monday, May 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING MICHAEL BEAVER

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, we recently received some terribly bad 
news. Michael Beaver, the Assistant Parliamentarian of the Senate, 
passed away unexpectedly last week. His death at the young age of 39 is 
shocking in its suddenness and tragic for the family, friends, and 
coworkers he left behind.
  Michael was incredibly bright, unfailingly honest, had a quick wit 
and a dry sense of humor. I know that as an Assistant Parliamentarian 
he was a member of a small but crucial team of behind-the-scenes 
staffers without whom the Senate couldn't function.
  Our thoughts are with his family today, especially his wife, Gilda, 
and his two young boys, who will remember him as a loving and devoted 
father. In the words of Scripture, ``Blessed are those who mourn, for 
they shall be comforted.''

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