[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO ROSE BAUMANN

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize my chief of 
staff, Rose Baumann, and to pay tribute to her hard work on behalf of 
the people of Minnesota as a member of my staff for the past 9 years.
  For anyone who has met Rose, it will come as no surprise to you that 
Rose went from being a junior staffer in my office in 2006 just after 
graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College to my chief of staff just 7 
years later. For the first 4 of those 7 years, Rose handled health care 
issues first as an outreach director in the Twin Cities and then as a 
legislative assistant in Washington. Rose approached every challenge 
with dedication and grace, regardless of whether she was helping a 
constituent access their Medicare benefits or talking with Minnesota 
physicians about health care reform proposals or organizing and 
executing a health care summit. Rose's intelligence, strong Minnesota 
work ethic, tenacity, and optimism always seemed to ensure success.
  During the health reform debate, Rose played a critical role in 
helping me highlight cost-saving health care delivery models like the 
Mayo Clinic uses and worked to ensure we reward quality, not quantity, 
of care. She worked tirelessly to advocate for Minnesota's hospitals, 
providers, patients, and industries, and that hard work is reflected 
today as we watch these policies being implemented.
  As my legislative director for 3 years, Rose advanced my legislative 
agenda while successfully managing 12 people and every policy area. My 
work on consumer safety, transportation, international adoptions, 
protection of our natural resources and cutting redtape at our Federal 
agencies all became law under Rose's leadership. Her natural ability, 
organization, and plain old hard work ensured that my legislative ideas 
became reality, while crucial events such as the confirmation hearing 
for Justice Elena Kagan were a success.
  Rose has been a remarkable chief of staff. She is a natural leader 
who quickly adapts to any situation, no matter how large or small. Her 
enthusiasm has been a motivating force in my office, and her compassion 
toward the people of Minnesota and understanding of the problems they 
face has been instrumental to my ability to serve them in the Senate.
  Rose Baumann--a proud native of St. Louis Park, MN--will soon begin a 
new professional adventure with new challenges, and I have no doubt 
that she will succeed. She is also getting married later this year, and 
I am so happy to see her so excited about this new phase of her life.
  Mr. President, I hope you will join me as I say thank you to Rose 
Baumann for her 9 remarkable years of service to my office, the Senate, 
the people of the State of Minnesota, and the United States of America.

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