[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 1173-1174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        TRIBUTE TO WARREN RUDMAN

  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I rise today to honor 
former United States Senator Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, whose 
dedication to public service has earned him the respect and admiration 
of a grateful nation. On January 8th of this year, Senator Rudman was 
awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal which recognizes exemplary 
service by a citizen of the United States. The medal recognizes Senator 
Rudman for co- authoring the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction 
law that requires automatic spending cuts if annual deficit targets are 
missed.
  Senator Rudman served in the United States Army as a combat platoon 
leader and company commander during the Korean conflict. After 
graduating from Boston College Law school, he returned to New Hampshire 
to practice law and was later appointed Attorney General of the State.
  Senator Rudman serves as Chairman of the President's Foreign 
Intelligence Advisory Board and was also appointed to serve as Vice 
Chairman of the Commission on Roles and Capabilities of the United 
States Intelligence Community.
  During his distinguished twelve years in the Senate, Senator Rudman 
established a record of independence. While a member of the Senate, he 
served on the Ethics Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee, 
where he was active on the Subcommittees on Defense and Commerce, 
Justice, State, and the Judiciary.
  Warren Rudman is an exemplary citizen who has dedicated himself to 
serving the people of New Hampshire and our country for over three 
decades. He continues to selflessly give of his time within the 
community and serves on the Board of Trustees of Boston College, Valley 
Forge Military Academy, the Brookings Institution and the Aspen 
Institute.

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  The people of our state and country look to Senator Rudman with 
tremendous gratitude and admiration for all that he has done. It has 
been a pleasure and privilege of mine to have worked with a leader as 
extraordinary as Warren Rudman. Warren, it is an honor to represent you 
in the United States Senate.

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