[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 193 (Tuesday, December 13, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S7133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO CHESNA FOORD

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, I rise today to recognize and give 
thanks to one of the hardest working and most integral members of my 
team, Ms. Chesna Foord. Chesna has been my director of scheduling for 6 
years and has spent nearly a decade in my offices in Washington, DC, 
and in San Francisco.
  Every Member of this Senate knows the importance of their scheduler, 
and Chesna has been a 10. She is the first person I call in the morning 
and often the last person I check with at night. She gets me where I 
need to be and ensures that I am prepared when I get there, but she 
also has developed a sixth sense for what needs to be done and pitfalls 
to avoid. And I am forever grateful that she does it all with 
unflappable patience and good cheer. I am pleased to have her not just 
on my staff, but as a friend.
  As a Senator, I have the pleasure of seeing young people come into 
public service and, in some cases, flourish in the environment. Chesna 
is one of those people.
  She joined my San Francisco office as an intern shortly after 
graduating from the University of Puget Sound. After distinguishing 
herself there, Chesna moved across country to intern in my Washington, 
DC, office and was promoted to staff assistant and then to deputy 
scheduler.
  But it has been over the past 6 years as director of scheduling that 
I have gotten to know Chesna and watched her grow in skill, in 
communication, in leadership, and into the woman I now get to see day 
in and day out.
  She has been here with me through good times and bad and has helped 
me get through impeachments and Supreme Court confirmations, vote-a-
ramas and insurrection. And I will be always be thankful for her help 
with arrangements and support when my husband passed away earlier this 
year.
  I am sad to see Chesna leave, but I understand that the lure of the 
West Coast and personal ties are calling Chesna back home to 
California. Thankfully, Chesna will remain on the team, as a field 
representative in my Los Angeles office.
  And so, on behalf of this grateful Senator, I thank Chesna Foord for 
her friendship and her forbearance, and thank her for her years of 
excellent and caring service.

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