[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 27246]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO LYNNE ROSS

 Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, prior to my election to the U.S. 
Senate, I served Alabama as the attorney general. During that time I 
had many opportunities to work with the organization that assists 
attorneys general in their many dealings with the Congress, White 
House, and government agencies the National Association of Attorneys 
General, NAAG.
  NAAG was founded in 1907, `` To facilitate interaction among 
Attorneys General as peers and to facilitate the enhanced performance 
of Attorneys General and their staffs.'' They opened their Washington 
office in 1976, and Lynne Ross was their first full-time employee. Her 
extensive work with attorneys general has been immensely valuable. She 
had strategic skills, dedication and wit. She understood how things 
work in the DC political world and knew how to negotiate on the many 
issues that were of importance to attorneys general. NAAG has been as 
successful as it is in no small part due to her leadership. She is a 
non-lawyer with a great understanding of lawyers.
  During her years at NAAG, Lynne was also instrumental in the creation 
of an organization of former attorneys general--the Society of 
Attorneys General Emeritus, SAGE, of which I am a member, and she has 
always been a great resource for our members.
  I would like to take this opportunity to offer my appreciation to 
Lynne for her many years of dedicated service to NAAG. Her 
accomplishments are many. The organization and the Nation's attorneys 
general, both past and present, are stronger because of her hard work. 
Thank you, Lynne.

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