[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 126 (Thursday, August 1, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5838]
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                       TRIBUTE TO EMILY COSTANZO

  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I want to say a word about one of my staff 
members, Emily Costanzo, who has served in my office for the last 5\1/
2\ years.
  Emily is what we call a speechwriter. Speechwriters are unique, in my 
experience, certainly here in the Senate, because most Senators are 
accustomed to giving a lot of speeches--some of them not very good, 
some of them occasionally decent. But the fact is, when you give a 
speech, as I have just done, usually it involves a number of 
considerations: It involves policy; it involves Senate procedures; it 
involves a lot of different considerations. Emily has been an 
invaluable member of my staff for the last 5\1/2\ years to help me be 
as good as I am capable of being in providing me with the support I 
need in order to represent the 30 million people of Texas here in the 
U.S. Senate.
  Emily, fortunately, is here in the back of the room.
  Emily, let me just say you will be missed, especially your positive, 
cheerful countenance, and certainly the great work that you have been 
able to do all of these years. I wish you and Jake the very best in 
this next chapter of your lives.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Sanders). The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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