Political Quotes

“I ask that my colleagues join me in thanking my State Department foreign policy fellow, Kelly McKellogg Swain, for her exemplary service to the Senate and to wish her well as she returns to the State Department as her fellowship in my office comes to an end. I think the Presiding Officer would agree with me that, the fellows program we have here in the Senate is so valuable. We get people who are real experts in their areas from the State Department who serve in our office and can advise us and work with us and give us the expertise we need in order to make the right policy. I think it also helps the State Department because they will have an individual on their staff who will have a better working understanding as to how the Senate operates so that the Senate and the State Department can work closer together on the foreign policy considerations of our country. That has certainly been my experience during this past year with Kelly. Kelly has been an incredibly valuable member of my staff, advising us on so many important issues that we have to deal with, and she has really stepped in to be a valuable member of my staff. The uncertain working hours has placed a strain on her family, and I thank her very much for being willing to entertain these long hours. I wish to take this opportunity to thank her husband Brian and son Finley for sharing her with the Senate. Kelly has been a key member of my foreign policy and national security team over the last year.…”