[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13483]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO NANCY OLKEWICZ

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to a Senate 
staffer who is retiring after 36 years of service. Nancy Pittore 
Olkewicz began her Senate career in February 1978 working for Senator 
Paul Sarbanes of Maryland, who was her home State Senator. She remained 
on his staff for 23 years, which included the birth of her three 
children. She values her time with Senator Sarbanes and is especially 
grateful for the opportunity to work part-time while her three 
children, Jenny, Brian and Eric, were small.
  After leaving Senator Sarbanes' office in 2001, Nancy joined the 
staff of the Senate Appropriations Committee, where she worked for me 
on the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee. She later joined the 
Legislative Branch subcommittee and served as clerk under Senators 
Durbin, Landrieu and Ben Nelson. During that time she represented 
Appropriations Committee chairman Robert C. Byrd on the Capitol 
Preservation Commission and was instrumental in many high-level 
decisions regarding the construction and operation of the Capitol 
Visitor Center. Nancy joined the staff of the Senate Sergeant at Arms 
in 2011 as the legislative liaison to then-Sergeant at Arms Terry 
Gainer.
  I wish Nancy the best of luck in all of her future endeavors. She 
will be greatly missed by many in the Senate.

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