[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                A TRIBUTE TO SPECIAL AGENT GEOFF YEOWELL

 Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to 
recognize my Legislative Fellow, Geoff Yeowell, who will be leaving my 
office at the end of the month to assume the duties of supervisory 
special agent for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Office in 
Rota, Spain.
  Geoff has been on loan to my office from the Naval Criminal 
Investigative Service where he has worked since 1987.
  Over the past 11 months, Geoff has become an indispensable part of my 
legislative shop. He has worked hard on a broad range of issues--each 
time jumping in feet first, soaking up knowledge, and moving 
legislation forward in this often complicated process. From his first 
assignment, he earned the respect of my staff, as well as mine.
  Geoff's primary duty consisted of working as my legislative assistant 
for Military Construction. He quickly realized the Milcon 
appropriations priorities for my home state of Pennsylvania and was 
helpful in making sure these items were given the time and attention 
they deserve.
  Geoff also provided a tremendous service to the people of 
Pennsylvania in working with those in need of assistance. He 
demonstrated a remarkable amount of patience and courtesy with each 
constituent requiring special assistance and worked countless hours to 
help them in the best way possible.
  Finally, Geoff was instrumental in working on the Counterintelligence 
Reform Act of 2000 (S. 2089) which I introduced on February 24, 2000. 
His skills and judgement in this arena are exceptional. My staff and I 
were constantly impressed with the wealth of knowledge he demonstrated.
  His dedication to each project was remarkable, and the assistance he 
provided to my office will not be easily matched. However, I am 
informed that for Geoff this level of dedication is par for the course. 
In 1999 he was selected as a Naval Investigative Criminal Service agent 
of the year and received the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award 
for his work on a major espionage investigation. He also received the 
1999 Department of Defense Counterintelligence Award for 
Investigations.
  Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to join me today in commending 
Special Agent Geoff Yeowell for his service as a Legislative Fellow and 
for his dedication and leadership to our country.

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