[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 218 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7935]
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                       REMEMBERING PAUL SARBANES

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to my friend 
and former colleague, Senator Paul Sarbanes, who passed away December 
6, 2020. I join the entire Nation in mourning his passing.
  Paul was born in Salisbury, MD, on February 3, 1933. His first job 
was busing tables and washing dishes at his parents' restaurant on 
Maryland's Eastern Shore. He attended Princeton University, where he 
received the Moses Taylor Pryne Honor Prize, Princeton's highest 
undergraduate honor. He was a Rhodes Scholar, which earned him 
admission to Balliol College of the University of Oxford in Oxford, 
England. Upon his return to the United States, Paul attended Harvard 
Law School.
  In the early 1960s, Paul Sarbanes clerked for Fourth Circuit Judge 
Morris A. Soper before entering private practice with two Baltimore law 
firms. In 1966, Paul ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in 
Baltimore City, where he served on both the Judiciary and the Ways and 
Means Committees.
  Four years later in 1970, Sarbanes was elected to the U.S. House of 
Representatives, representing Maryland's Fourth and later Maryland's 
Third Congressional Districts from 1971 to 1977. Paul continued his 
public service when he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1976. Senator 
Sarbanes served Maryland well. He sat on many committees but was 
chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee 
prior to my years as chairman.
  After serving five terms in the U.S. Senate, Paul retired to Maryland 
in 2007. The same year, he earned the Foreign Language Advocacy Award 
from the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in 
recognition of his lifelong commitment to the ancient world's values 
and languages.
  Paul was admired by many and will be missed by his sons, John and 
Michael, his daughter, Janet, and his seven grandchildren. He was known 
for his intellect and tenacity and will be remembered for his devotion 
to Maryland and the Nation. I ask the entire Senate to join me in 
recognizing and honoring the life of Paul Sarbanes.

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