[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 201 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO DEAN HELLER

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, Senator Dean Heller may have been a 
freshman Senator when he came to this body in 2011, but he was not 
short on experience. First elected as a Nevada assemblyman in 1990, 
Senator Heller has served in government ever since.
  During his Senate tenure, Senator Heller has shown a great interest 
in protecting American's data privacy, and he was an important partner 
in our efforts to pass the USA FREEDOM Act. He was a staunch advocate 
of that bill, even when many in the Senate were pushing for expanded 
surveillance powers over Americans. Both of us recognized that though 
the bill may not have included every provision we wanted, the best way 
to offer privacy protections was through compromise.
  While his tenure here was brief, I have appreciated getting to know 
Senator Heller and working with him on issues of great importance. I 
wish Senator Heller, his wonderful wife, Lynn, and their four children 
the very best in this next chapter of their lives.

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