[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12977-12978]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO ROHIT KUMAR

  Mr. HATCH. Madam President, I wish to pay tribute to my colleague 
Rohit Kumar, who will soon, unfortunately, be leaving Senate service 
for other pursuits.
  Rohit stood by me and others here in the Senate as we navigated 
through deep challenges faced by our Nation, and he has consistently 
and vigilantly worked for the American people to promote a lot of good, 
and to prevent a lot of bad from happening.
  Rohit is a consummate Senate professional whose skills and 
accomplishments have provided a long strand of service to this body and 
to the country. He is a rarity, combining a razor-sharp intellect, 
logical patterns of thought, and an ability to obtain fair and balanced 
assessments of challenges that typically involve tradeoffs across a 
host of competing interests. He adds to that an uplifting disposition 
and a keen wit.
  Rohit possesses mastery of policy, politics, rules of the Congress, 
and more. While most of us would be content having mastery of any one 
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those realms, Rohit has managed to master them all. He is a complete 
package.
  Rohit has been an asset to me, to my caucus, to Senate Leadership, 
and to the country, and his presence will be missed by all of us.
  All of us here in the Senate are also indebted to Rohit's beautiful 
family, which has endured the often-rigorous demands that his Senate 
service has placed on them. I can think of more than a few occasions 
where Rohit was negotiating issues that are deeply important for the 
future of our Nation in stressful, around-the-clock marathon sessions.
  If you were to ask me to construct a template for an ideal person to 
have by your side to navigate through the tough decisions, tradeoffs, 
and negotiations we face in Congress, I would simply point to Rohit 
Kumar.
  We are all very sad to see Rohit leave. We trust that he will be able 
to take a bit more time with his family, and will pursue future 
endeavors with more of the same rigor and industriousness he has 
consistently shown in his service to the country while working in the 
Senate. Wherever he goes, without doubt, those around him will benefit 
tremendously.
  I wish to thank Rohit for the many years of outstanding assistance he 
has provided to me, to my colleagues in the Senate, and to the country. 
I also thank his family for sharing Rohit with us, and for persevering 
as we often tapped his talents around the clock. I am proud to have 
worked with Rohit.

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