Under Leo's stewardship, the IRC grew into the largest refugee relief and resettlement organization in the world.

His commitment to refugees and human rights was steadfast, and made a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands.

Mr. President, Thomas Carlyle remarked, 'A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.' Truer words never were written, if construed as a double entendre, about my rare, dear friend, Russell Baker.

He was, simply and utterly, sui generis.

A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.

Baker broke his own mold. He was, simply and utterly, sui generis.

A life well-written? Baker has won two Pulitzer Prizes--one in 1979 for Distinguished Commentary and another in 1983 for his 1982 autobiography, 'Growing Up.'

He wasn't just the best newspaper writer around, he was one of the best writers around. Period.

He has been gentle with us, forgiving, understanding. He has told us truths in ways we have been willing to hear, which is to say he has been humorous.

He has been just about the sanest observer of American life that we've had.

Baker's years as a gumshoe reporter immunized him from 'columnists' tendency to spend their time with life's winners.'

He concentrated on ordinary life as lived by ordinary middle-class Americans in the second half of the 20th century.

Baker has won two Pulitzer Prizes--one in 1979 for Distinguished Commentary and another in 1983 for his 1982 autobiography, 'Growing Up.'

He leaves a huge hole I doubt any other journalist can fill.

I rise with the same purpose as my colleague and friend from Nebraska, to thank the Senator from Connecticut for saying what needed saying, and saying it in a manner that gives us hope at a time of profound despond

Excessive secrecy has significant consequences for the national interest when, as a result, policymakers are not fully informed, government is not held accountable for its actions, and the public cannot engage in informed debate.

Secrecy is a form of regulation, and while we're all familiar with government overregulation, the public cannot know of overregulation when the regulation is kept secret from them.

I rise today to recognize the passing of a most decent and beloved Washingtonian, Elizabeth Cleland Acosta. In the May 10, 1994 edition of the Washington Post, my friend Mary McGrory wrote a kind memorial to this uncommon woman. Heaven…

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