On the recordDecember 8, 2020
I want to start by thanking my friend and colleague, the senior Senator from Maryland, Senator Ben Cardin, for his remembrance of Paul Sarbanes. I am honored to join him and others in offering a resolution in memory of Senator Paul Sarbanes. I should say that Senator Sarbanes was very pleased that Ben Cardin succeeded him in his seat here in the U.S. Senate. So I am honored to join with him, Senator Stabenow, Senator Reed, Senator Durbin, and others in remembering somebody who was a friend, who was a mentor, and who was the excellent role model for every elected official--Senator Paul Sarbanes. He was a thoughtful and brilliant Senator, a kind man, and a dedicated public servant. As we have heard, he was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore to parents who emigrated from Greece. He graduated from the local public high school, Wicomico High School, and was recruited to attend Princeton on a full scholarship. He excelled in his studies as he would in his career, becoming a Rhodes scholar and graduating from Oxford before attending Harvard Law School. He went on to a very distinguished career in public service that ended here in the U.S. Senate, but he never ever forgot his humble roots in Salisbury, where his parents owned a small restaurant they called the Mayflower.…
