[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO PAMELA GAVIN

  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I rise today to salute Pamela Gavin, 
who retires this week after serving as Superintendant of the Senate 
Office of Public Records for 24 years.
  In her service to the Senate, Pam has had the enormous responsibility 
of maintaining disclosure records under numerous laws, including those 
under the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Ethics in Government Act, 
and the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Tens of thousands of new records a 
year must be archived, adding to the already massive papers in this 
collection, and Pam's stewardship has been impeccable.
  I especially want to pay tribute today to Pam's contributions to the 
implementation of the Lobbying Disclosure Act. As the Committee on 
Homeland Security worked to draft expansive changes to the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act, which were included in the Honest Leadership and Open 
Government Act of 2007, Pam provided indispensible technical expertise. 
And after the act was signed into law, she worked tirelessly to make 
sure its implementation was smooth. She has been the driving force 
behind the development of an electronic filing system, providing 
guidance to the lobbying community to assist it in complying with the 
law, and ensuring access to researchers, reporters and the public.
  Pam is someone who understands that we can increase accountability 
through transparency, and in pursuit of that goal she has been a model 
not only for the Senate but for the entire government.
  Those who have worked closely with Pam will miss her cheerful smile, 
her enthusiasm, and warm consideration of all her colleagues. Although 
she is retiring, she will always be a dear member of the Senate 
community, and I wish her and her family the very best as she embarks 
on this new stage of her life.

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