Tom Harkin: “in 1997, Beth Stein, a talented young woman armed with a razor-sharp mind and relentless attention to detail, arrived on…”

“in 1997, Beth Stein, a talented young woman armed with a razor-sharp mind and relentless attention to detail, arrived on Capitol Hill as counsel to a true American hero, U.S. Senator John Glenn. As his investigative counsel, Beth played a key role in the inquiry into campaign finance abuses in the 1996 election. And she helped to lead investigations into other critical issues, including food safety, Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse, and the relationship between thyroid cancer rates and exposure to nuclear fallout from Nevada testing in the 1940s. After working for Senator Glenn, Beth went on to serve as election counsel to Representative Steny Hoyer and as Judiciary Committee counsel to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell. The work of a U.S. Senator is only as good as the staff that he or she hires, and in 2004 I was fortunate to convince Beth to join my staff, where she has served ever since. Throughout that time, she has served in a number of different capacities, distinguishing herself in each and every one of them. I owe a debt of gratitude to so many of my staff members across my career, but I would be remiss if I did not single out Beth for her especially meritorious contributions to my office over the past decade. Beth began her work in my office as counsel, providing excellent advice on myriad constitutional and civil rights issues, among other things.…”