[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1486]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO ROB LEHMAN AND LUKE ALBEE

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a couple of people 
with Ohio ties who have dedicated much of their careers to public 
service, Rob Lehman and Luke Albee. Rob Lehman served more than two 
decades on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch most recently, and 
that is when I got to know and work with him as chief of staff to my 
colleague from Ohio, Senator Rob Portman. Rob Lehman served as chief of 
staff when Senator Portman was the U.S. Trade Representative, so he 
understands why trade and enforcement of trade rules are such important 
issues to a State such as Ohio.
  He was helpful when Senator Portman and I testified together before 
the International Trade Commission on behalf of Ohio Steelworkers. 
Fortunately, in this case the ruling was on the side of Ohio 
manufacturers. In some cases China and now in other cases Korea have 
not played fair and have broken trade rules. Rob Lehman provided 
breadth and insight to Senator Portman on this issue and so many others 
that are important to Ohio during my colleague's 4 years in the Senate.
  I wish to also honor Luke Albee. Luke is a native Ohioan and long 
time Senate aide. He is a Cleveland native and, like myself, a die-hard 
Cleveland Indians fan.
  Luke Albee had a long tenure in the office of Senator Patrick Leahy 
of Vermont, rising from an entry-level position to become his chief of 
staff. He served in the same role--which he is about to leave--for my 
colleague Senator Mark Warner of Virginia. He began in Senator Leahy's 
office answering mail and later guided the office through the September 
11 attacks, the anthrax discovery on Capitol Hill, and other memorable 
events while chief of staff--like a 5-hour dinner with Senator Leahy 
and Fidel Castro while on a trip to Cuba in 1999. Like Rob Lehman, Luke 
Albee likes to bring people together and reach common ground so the 
Senate can move forward the way it should.

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