[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 604-605]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO PAMELA GAVIN

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to Pamela Gavin, 
who will retire from Office of the Secretary of the Senate on February 
1, 2010, after more than 24 years of service as the Superintendent of 
Public Records. During that time, she and her staff have shepherded and 
safeguarded the filing of

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thousands of Senate public documents, including financial disclosure 
reports, Federal Election Commission campaign reports and lobby 
disclosure documents.
  Ms. Gavin has seen numerous milestones in Senate history, including 
passage of the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1995 and the Honest Leadership 
and Open Government Act of 2007. She successfully led her team in 
implementing new laws and providing guidance to those endeavoring to 
follow the law. She has been a dependable, thoughtful public servant 
throughout her career, known by her colleagues for her cheerful nature 
and clever insight. A mentor to many Senate staffers, Ms. Gavin is a 
tremendous resource to the entire Senate community.
  During these 24 years of service, Ms. Gavin has met unusual 
challenges and upheld her responsibilities even under the most trying 
circumstances. During the anthrax attacks of 2001, in which Senate 
staff were forced to vacate the Hart building for several months, she 
kept the Office of Public Records in business every day, using a small 
corner of the Senate Library to maintain her responsibilities to the 
Senate community and to the public.
  I am pleased to offer congratulations on such an outstanding and 
accomplished career. We are all grateful for Pam Gavin's years of 
dedicated public service. While I know that her friends and colleagues 
will miss her greatly, I join my colleagues today in wishing her the 
very best in the years to come.

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