[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Tribute to Allison Kapsner Solley

  Madam President, the next person I will speak of is Allison Kapsner 
Solley. Allison is a Minnesotan. She said she grew up on the upper end 
of the Mississippi, but she found a home in the lower end of the 
Mississippi--or at least the office that represented Louisiana. She 
joined my staff at the beginning of my first Senate term as a scheduler 
but through sheer excellence became deputy chief of staff and a close 
confidant.
  Trust is so important. I learned I could always trust Allie's 
judgment and her ability to accomplish anything. She is irreplaceable. 
She has had an impact on this office, ensuring that we better serve 
Louisiana, but that impact has meant that we will better serve 
Louisiana even after her departure.
  Some examples. For any office to succeed, it needs to run efficiently 
and effectively. I knew this, that we had to have systems. Allie 
figured out the systems. She implemented them across all the offices 
here in DC and Louisiana. She kept things running smoothly. And she has 
a skill of identifying an individual's strengths and helping that 
individual leverage those strengths into results that contributed to 
the whole but also to the future of the individual.
  I am about to say this about Allie, but I could say it of Chris and 
also of David, whom I am about to speak of. In Mark chapter 10, versus 
42 through 45, Jesus speaks about servant leadership, and in there is a 
quote that ``the greatest among you shall be your servants.'' Allie is 
someone who has served others and helped others serve as well. Whether 
it be our staff, our mission, our constituents, the State of Louisiana, 
or the United States of America, she served creatively and tirelessly. 
She will be greatly missed, but I am looking forward to all that she 
achieves as she enters the next phase of her career.