[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 84 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1716]
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                        Tribute to Paul Casasco

  Mr. President, on one final matter, today, the Senate will bid 
farewell to a longtime member of our institutional staff. After 37 
years of service, the senior audio operator for the Senate Chamber, 
Paul Casasco, is embarking on a well-deserved retirement.
  Paul arrived in the Senate in the spring of 1986, just in time to 
help stand up the audiovisual production that would broadcast all 
proceedings to the American public. In the years since, I understand he 
has had a hand in just about every facet of the Senate's multimedia 
recording operation, from committee hearing rooms to the affectionately 
named ``crow's nest'' in the Gallery of this very Chamber.
  Paul has had a front-row seat to decades of Senate history. He has 
captured consequential debates and preserved crucial records.
  So I know my colleagues will join me in thanking Paul for his devoted 
service to our institution and in wishing him much happiness in his 
retirement.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.