[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 10312-10313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               JAMES BOATWRIGHT, A VALUED SENATE EMPLOYEE

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I take a moment on the Senate floor to 
state my sadness--and I am sure the sadness of many Senators--on the 
death of James Boatwright.
  For all the years I have served in the Senate, James has worked in 
the Senate restaurant. He has been a friend of mine and to many of us. 
He has kept us informed and entertained with his stories about his golf 
game, his insights about life, and sports in general. He was a very 
real and valuable part of the Senate and he will be missed by all of us 
who knew him.
  Mr. REID. Will the Senator yield?
  Mr. BINGAMAN. I yield.
  Mr. REID. I thank the Senator from New Mexico.

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  Not only was he a fixture in the restaurant, but he retired once. The 
reason his retirement was curtailed is that he, as the gracious, good 
man he was, cosigned a note for someone, and that person didn't pay 
that note. Rather than his defaulting on the note, he came back to 
work, out of his retirement, so he could do the honorable thing and pay 
that debt of someone else. He was a good man. I am sorry. I did not 
know of his passing until just now, and I certainly will miss him in 
the Senate restaurant.

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