[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Pages 24568-24569]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        COMMENDING DENNIS HERTEL

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I commend the services of Dennis Hertel, 
who is retiring after 6 years as a director of the Northeast-Midwest 
Institute. Dennis has ably served as chairman of the Institute's policy 
committee.

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  Dennis, as all my colleagues know, also is a former Congressman from 
Michigan. He served with distinction on both the Armed Services and 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committees.
  I serve as a cochair of the Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition's 
Great Lakes Task Force. For many years, the bipartisan Coalition and 
the Institute have provided valuable services to the State of Michigan 
and the entire Northeast-Midwest region. Dennis Hertel has been 
particularly effective in ensuring that the Institute's work is 
relevant to policymakers. He also has been a valued champion of 
protecting and restoring the Great Lakes. I am pleased to commend his 
leadership at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

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