Political Quotes

“Mr. President, today I wish to honor and recognize Mark Koster. This month, the Senate will bid farewell to one of the unsung heroes of this body. Mark, an associate counsel in the Office of Senate Legislative Counsel, is retiring and concluding his career on Capitol Hill. Over the last two decades, there is hardly a major Federal education law that doesnt have Marks imprint. Marks areas of focus have included higher education, special education, career and technical education, literacy, elementary and secondary education, and a number of early education programs. Mark has more bipartisan legislative accomplishments than many Members of Congress. Mark has made certain our ideas are drafted into legislation with technical precision, and his dedication to his work over the past two decades exemplifies true professionalism. Mark has treated every legislative initiative equally, no matter if he was drafting a relatively small amendment or a major reauthorization proposal for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Act, or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Senators and their staffs all knew that when one saw Marks legislative signature, ``KOS,'' atop a document that the draft that had emerged from legislative counsel was in perfect technical shape and it was now up to us, as Members of the Senate, only to argue the draft's merits and relevance, not the format.…”