[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8210]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO BRADLEY HAYES

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I rise today to say a few words on the 
departure of Bradley Hayes, a valued, longtime member of my Judiciary 
Committee staff. Although I will feel the loss of his knowledge and 
enthusiasm, I am pleased that he is moving on to a new phase in his 
career.
  Bradley had a wonderful upbringing in his home town of Mobile, AL, 
and a stellar academic background. He graduated cum laude with a B.S. 
in business from Birmingham Southern College. After managing a live 
music venue in Birmingham for several years, Bradley entered law school 
at the University of Alabama, where he served as managing editor of the 
Journal of the Legal Profession and was an active member of the moot 
court board. Immediately after being admitted to the Alabama bar, 
Bradley joined my staff on the Judiciary Committee.
  In the 6 years he was with me, Bradley served at various times as my 
legislative counsel, senior counsel and deputy chief counsel on the 
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Throughout 
that time, he has worked to secure our borders, protect our country 
from the threat of international terrorism, secure the private property 
rights of artists and inventors in the information age, and eliminate 
wasteful spending and destructive litigation. Perhaps most importantly, 
he showed both courage and unwavering leadership during the Senate's 
debates on comprehensive immigration reform in 2006 and 2007. Bradley's 
hard work played an important role during the DREAM Act debate last 
year. Bradley was an effective staffer during debates on the 
reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2005 and 2006. He also 
participated in the constitutional advice and consent process for four 
Supreme Court confirmations and countless important executive branch 
nominations.
  I would just conclude by thanking Bradley for his hard work and for 
his loyalty. He was more than willing to invest the time and effort 
necessary to handle a breadth of issues, and he did so with great 
skill, professionalism and integrity. He was with me during some of the 
most critical times of my career in the Senate thus far, and his 
insight will be missed. He has been an excellent public servant because 
he loves his country and understands and defends its exceptional core 
values. In addition, he is fun to work with. I wish him the best in his 
new endeavors.

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