TRIBUTES TO HON. EDWARD E. KAUFMAN 

Edward E. Kaufman 

U.S. SENATOR FROM DELAWARE 

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Tributes 

Delivered in Congress 

Edward E. Kaufman 

United States Senator 

2009–2010 

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CONTENTS 

Page 

Biography .................................................................................................. v 

Farewell to the Senate ............................................................................. ix 

Proceedings in the Senate: 

Tributes by Senators: 

Akaka, Daniel K., of Hawaii ..................................................... 17 

Alexander, Lamar, of Tennessee ............................................... 10 

Burris, Roland W., of Illinois .................................................... 9 

Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota ................................................. 14 

Durbin, Richard, of Illinois ........................................................ 16 

Enzi, Michael B., of Wyoming ................................................... 15 

Harkin, Tom, of Iowa ................................................................. 12 

Levin, Carl, of Michigan ............................................................ 3 

Reed, Jack, of Rhode Island ...................................................... 13 

Reid, Harry, of Nevada .............................................................. 8, 11 

Stabenow, Debbie, of Michigan ................................................. 7 

Warner, Mark R., of Virginia ................................................... 5, 9, 14 

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BIOGRAPHY 

TED was formerly the U.S. Senator from Delaware. 

He is a senior lecturing fellow at the Duke University Law 

School. 

He is cochair of the Delaware STEM Council, serves on the 

board of directors of the Institute for International Education, the Ministry of Caring, and Children and Families 

First, the board of trustees of Wesley College, and the University of Delaware Engineering College’s Advisory Council. 

He was the chair of the Congressional Oversight Committee of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). 

TED arrived in the Senate with significant experience, having served 22 years on the staff of U.S. Senator Joseph 

Biden, 19 years as chief of staff, and taught about the Congress at the Duke University School of Law and Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy for almost 20 years. He used that 

experience to his advantage. Less than a month after arriving in the Senate, he introduced the Fraud Enforcement and 

Recovery Act with Senators Patrick Leahy (D–VT) and 

Chuck Grassley (R–IA). The bipartisan legislation, signed 

into law by President Obama on May 20, 2009, strengthens 

the tools and increases the resources available to Federal 

prosecutors to combat financial fraud. 

TED remained a leading voice in the financial debate, successfully pushing the Securities and Exchange Commission 

to strengthen its short selling rules and advance market 

structure reforms in such areas as high frequency trading. 

He was extremely active in trying to solve the problem of financial institutions deemed ‘‘too-big-to-fail,’’ calling for a reimposition of the Glass-Steagall Act, which would separate 

commercial and investment banking activities. 

Along with Senator Sherrod Brown (D–OH), TED in April 

introduced the SAFE Banking Act of 2010, which would cap 

the size of banks based on their assets and liabilities. His 

provisions on health care fraud enforcement, which expanded 

the Government’s capacity to investigate waste, fraud, and 

abuse in government and private health care, were included 

in the historic health care bill. 

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Initially appointed to two committees—the Judiciary Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee—TED was assigned to two more panels in March 2010: the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 

Armed Services Committee. He was the first Delaware Senator to serve on the latter committee. 

He was also assigned to the Impeachment Committees of 

Federal judges Samuel B. Kent and G. Thomas Porteous, Jr. 

TED was one of the leading Senate voices supporting international press freedom, public diplomacy, and an expanded 

civilian role in counterinsurgency operations. He coauthored 

the only piece of legislation on Iran signed into law in 2010: 

the Victims of Iranian Censorship (VOICE) Act, which supported increased U.S. broadcasting in Iran, as well as the development of Internet censorship circumvention tools. 

TED made three trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan and 

four trips to Iraq while in office, as well as two visits to 

Israel and the West Bank, and trips to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Kuwait, Egypt, Turkey, and Syria. During those trips, 

he met with U.S. troops and military leaders, as well as regional officials, including Afghan President Hamid Karzai, 

Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, Pakistan President Zardari, 

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Lebanon Prime Minister 

Hariri, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, and Syrian President Assad. 

As the Senate’s only Member to have worked as an engineer, TED was especially active in promoting the expansion 

of ‘‘STEM’’ (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. He was able to secure $400,000 to fund 

research and extension grants for women and minorities in 

STEM fields in a spending bill signed into law on October 

16, 2009. In April 2010, TED received the American Society 

of Mechanical Engineering’s prestigious President’s Award, 

presented to companies and individuals who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession. On December 21, 2010, the America COMPETES Act was signed 

into law, which includes TED’s STEM Education Coordination Act which provides overall coordination of Federal programs and activities in support of STEM education. He received the Duke University Engineering School’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2011. 

He was the keynote speaker at the 2010 graduation convocations of the University of Delaware and University of 

Pennsylvania Engineering Schools. He was keynote speaker 

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tute. He received the Leadership Award from the A. James 

Clark Engineering School at the University of Maryland. 

A former Federal employee, TED went to the floor each 

week to honor a wide variety of Federal employees, from a 

lawyer at the Securities and Exchange Commission to a technician in the National Guard. During his term he made floor 

statements on the accomplishments of 100 Federal workers. 

On April 13, 2010, TED authored and introduced S. 3196, 

the Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010, along 

with Senators Voinovich, Akaka, and Lieberman. The bill authorizes the government to provide office space, equipment, 

and an array of services to major Presidential contenders 

automatically, once they have been nominated at their conventions (and authorizes separate private funds for the candidates to use for the costs of any salaries and travel expenses). The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent on 

September 24. It was debated in the House on September 29 

and passed by voice vote on September 30. It was then presented to the White House and signed into law by President 

Obama on October 15 (P.L. 111–283). 

TED was born on March 15, 1939, in Philadelphia, PA, to 

Helen Carroll and Manuel Kaufman. He graduated from 

Duke University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He 

later earned an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1966, TED moved to Delaware to 

work for the DuPont Company, and in 1972, joined Joe 

Biden’s long-shot U.S. Senate campaign on a volunteer basis. 

He began working full time for Joe Biden in 1973, and 3 

years later, became Senator Biden’s chief of staff—a job he 

held for 19 years. 

Since 1991, TED has taught a number of courses at the 

Duke University’s School of Law, Sanford School of Public 

Policy and Fuqua School of Business. 

From 1995 until 2008, TED was a board member of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the independent, 

autonomous, Federal entity responsible for all U.S. Government and Government-sponsored nonmilitary international 

broadcasting. He was appointed to the BBG by Presidents 

Clinton and Bush and was confirmed by the Senate for four 

terms. 

He lives with Lynne, his wife of over 50 years, in Wilmington, DE. They have three children, Kelly Lance, Murry 

Pierce, and Meg Hartley, and seven grandchildren. 

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Farewell to the Senate 

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 

Mr. KAUFMAN. Mr. President, I love the Senate. It is not 

always a beautiful thing, and surely it is not a picture of a 

well-oiled machine, but years ago I found a home here. As 

my colleagues know, I first came to the Senate in 1973 as 

an aide to a young man who had won a stunning and very 

improbable election against a respected incumbent. At that 

campaign victory party 38 years ago—I can remember it as 

if it was yesterday—I thought to myself I would never again 

believe that anything is impossible. 

In the intervening 37 years I have seen a lot of campaigns. 

I never saw one that was as big an upset as Joe Biden’s. 

When I started working for Joe Biden that year, I told the 

DuPont Company—that is where I worked—I would take a 

1-year leave of absence. I stayed for 22 years. 

I will soon be leaving the Senate. I am grateful beyond 

words to have gone through much of Joe Biden’s Senate career as his chief of staff and observed his career first hand. 

I can say if my Senate career had ended then, if I had not 

been called on to serve as his successor, that experience, 

helping to represent Delawareans and fighting for the values 

that Joe Biden and I shared, would have been more than fulfilling enough. I would have been happy. 

I thank our leader, Harry Reid, who is most responsible 

for the most historic, productive Congress since FDR. I 

thank my committee chairs. They have been great to me: Pat 

Leahy, John Kerry, Carl Levin, and Joe Lieberman. I especially want to thank my senior Delaware colleague, Senator 

Carper, for whom I have the greatest respect and who has 

helped me tremendously during my last 2 years in all manner of issues. I know I am going to alienate some of the Senators, but he is without a doubt the best senior Senator in 

the entire Senate. 

After almost four decades, I think I finally got used to the 

unpredictable rhythms of the Senate. In the short time since 

I was sworn in last January, the Senate has seen heated debate over a basic principle under which this body functions— 

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the filibuster. All Members are frustrated with the slower 

pace, and they are right to be frustrated when good bills, important bills that promise to help millions of Americans, are 

blocked for the wrong reasons. 

But rule changes should be considered in the light of the 

fact, which we all know, that the Senate is not the House of 

Representatives. It serves a very different constitutional purpose, and the existence of the filibuster remains important to 

ensuring the balanced government the Framers envisioned. 

Indeed, the history of the Senate is that of a struggle between compromise and intransigence. But this is the place 

where we protect political minorities. This is the place where 

we make sure the fast train of the majority doesn’t overrun 

the minority. While I think there are changes, and good 

changes, that are being considered, I do think the filibuster 

should remain at 60 votes because during the long struggle 

in the Senate, certain traditions have been adhered to by 

Members on both sides of the aisle. Whenever anyone moves 

to change one of those traditions in a way that may diminish 

the comity under which this body must function, I believe 

they should do it very carefully. I know my colleagues will 

do that. 

Regardless, I continue to have faith that out of the debates 

in the Senate, the fights we are having now, out of the frustrations of some of the intransigence of others, we will eventually find our way toward the next great compromises we 

need to solve many of our problems, compromises that will 

keep America great. 

I am incredibly proud of the opportunity I have had to 

work on important issues during the brief service I have had 

in the Senate. I feel especially privileged to have served in 

this historic Congress, when there were so many great challenges facing this country. I have been hanging out in this 

place since 1973. There has not been another Congress like 

the 111th, one where we have dealt with more issues. During my first month in office, more than 700,000 Americans 

lost their jobs on the heels of the economic collapse in late 

2008. 

People are wondering why are people upset? How soon 

they forget. Less than 2 years ago, 700,000 people lost their 

jobs in a month, and it was not the first month and it was 

not the last month. Action by the Federal Government to 

stop further decline was critical—and we acted. I am proud 

of my vote on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

I believe the ARRA worked to arrest the financial free fall 

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to jump start the economy—and if I had another hour and 

a half, I would show my charts and graphs to demonstrate 

it. 

All across Delaware I have seen the benefits of this law— 

the investments in infrastructure and education and new 

technologies for our future, and I met with the people whose 

jobs were saved or who found new employment that flowed 

from these investments. 

We succeeded in passing many other initiatives to foster 

growth and to bring much needed help to those who have 

been hit hardest by the recession, which was my No. 1 job 

in the Senate. As Senator Carper knows, it is all about jobs, 

jobs, jobs. We actually did a great many things that I firmly 

believe helped make us a stronger country. 

As you know, as you grow older you realize that life is not 

about what you accomplish or about winning. It is about 

having tried, and I feel good that I tried my very best. 

I was so pleased to work with Senators Leahy and Grassley on the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, to chair 

oversight hearings in the Judiciary Committee on law enforcement efforts to pursue financial fraud associated with 

the financial crisis, and to sit with my friend, Senator Carl 

Levin, as he and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings on financial fraud. I was honored to be 

a part, as were all of my colleagues, of two Supreme Court 

confirmation hearings for Justices Sotomayor and Elena 

Kagan. 

I had the distinct honor, and it is a true honor, of serving 

on the Foreign Relations Committee with Chairman John 

Kerry and Ranking Member Dick Lugar, as well as on the 

Armed Services Committee with Chairman Levin and Senator John McCain. 

I made two trips to Israel and the Middle East, three trips 

to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and four trips to Iraq in the 

last 18 months. I know a number of things: No. 1, we must 

build our civilian capability for engaging in counterinsurgency, and in this Congress we passed legislation to enhance civil-military unity of effort through joint training at 

Camp Atterbury. 

Along with Senator Brownback, I cofounded the Senate 

Caucus on Global Internet Freedom to promote greater access to freedom of expression and freedom of press online. 

I also highlighted the importance of U.S. public diplomacy 

efforts, especially international broadcasting. As you know, I 

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portant in our battle than international broadcasting and 

public diplomacy. I sought to raise the awareness of the limitations on press freedom in countries such as China and Iran 

through the passage of resolutions and have coauthored legislation funding the development of Internet censorship circumvention technology in Iran—getting around the jamming 

that Iran is doing to deny its citizens the right to get information on the Internet. 

I have also had the privilege of working to promote 

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, 

education during my time in the Senate. As a former engineer, I know first hand the importance of STEM education. 

I spent much of my career in government service, and I decided early in my term to come to the Senate floor each week 

and recognize the contribution made to this country by our 

Federal employees. I honored 100 great Federal employees 

from this desk, sharing their stories and accomplishments 

with my colleagues and the American people, and I am very 

pleased that Senator Warner from Virginia is going to be 

taking that on when I leave. I could not have left it to a better person. 

Last but not least, I have tried my hardest to be a voice 

for the average investor and to work for financial accountability and stability so our economy can thrive. That is what 

it is about. We can’t thrive if we don’t have credibility in the 

markets. I offered legislation with my good friend, Senator 

Johnny Isakson, to curb abusive short selling. I gave a number of speeches on this floor, from this desk, calling for the 

Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of equity market structure and highfrequency trading and to advance reforms that promote clear 

and transparent markets—not always clear and transparent 

to everybody listening. As I said from the floor dozens of 

times, it is critical that we preserve the credibility of our 

markets, one of our Nation’s crown jewels, if our grandchildren are to live in the most economically powerful country in the world. 

Finally, I repeatedly highlighted from the Senate floor the 

importance of the problem of too big to fail in the financial 

reform debate, working with my good friend, Senator 

Sherrod Brown, to offer the Brown-Kaufman amendment. 

We made the good fight but, again, trying was better than 

succeeding—not better but the alternative to succeeding, and 

I thank every Senator who voted for that amendment. I am 

proud of that. While our amendment was not agreed to, I 

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will ever be proud of the opportunity to work with Senator 

Chris Dodd and participate in Senate debate on financial reform. 

I could not have achieved anything—and I genuinely mean 

anything—during my term without the help and hard work 

of my excellent staff. I spoke early this week about the staff. 

They are vital to our work. I am going to tell you as someone 

who spent years delivering staff work and now someone who 

has been a consumer, I am more impressed than ever with 

my staff, and with Senate staffs and the job they do. 

I want the American people to understand that one of the 

reasons I love the Senate is because it is filled with intelligent, hard-working people who are passionate about serving this country. This goes for Members and staff alike. The 

Senate is a magnet for those who feel called to public service. 

It is the destiny for countless improbable journeys. Our constitutional Framers would have been relieved to see this 

noble experiment working, to know that in the Senate today 

we serve a farmer from Big Sandy, a realtor from Cobb 

County, a mayor from Lincoln, a former Army Ranger from 

Cranston, a social worker from Baltimore, and a doctor from 

Casper. 

All of them are here for the same reason as the other Senators—because they love this country and their communities 

dearly and want to give back. Their paths to public service 

may have been different in their first steps just like mine 

was, but they converged here and this is what continues to 

sustain my faith in the Senate. 

Here this leg in my improbable journey comes to an end. 

Although I leave the Senate as a Member, I will not be leaving the Senate behind. I will continue to teach about the institution to my students and encourage them to pursue their 

own path to public service. I will continue to speak out on 

issues that I worked on here because that important work, 

as always, goes on. 

I love the Senate, and I will always cherish the unlikely 

opportunity I had to serve Delaware as its Senator. With 

deep gratitude to those who worked with me and stood by 

me through my journey—to my staff, to my colleagues, to my 

wife Lynne, to our children, grandchildren—with great appreciation to former Governor Ruth Ann Minner and the people of Delaware for the responsibility they gave me, and with 

optimism and faith in the future of the Senate and this great 

Nation, for the last time, I yield the floor. 

TRIBUTES 

TO 

EDWARD E. KAUFMAN 

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Proceedings in the Senate 

TUESDAY, September 28, 2010 

Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I come to the floor today simply to thank my friend, the Senator from Delaware, for his 

extraordinary work in the Senate and to make a comment on 

some of the things he has been working on. 

Since coming to this body, Senator KAUFMAN has proven 

to be a tireless advocate for his State of Delaware and the 

country, and his remarks he just provided (speaking of Federal employees) are further evidence of that. 

Senator KAUFMAN joined us here and joined me on the 

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, where he and 

his staff dug deeply into the weeds of financial statements 

and emails in efforts that helped ferret out some of the astonishing findings of our hearings into the causes of the financial crisis. Senator KAUFMAN’s dedication and thoughtful 

questioning during those hearings helped expose some of the 

root causes and crass conflicts of interest that led to the crisis that brought our economy to its knees. 

I also want to make particular note of Senator KAUFMAN’s 

work on high frequency trading, flash trading, and other 

trading market issues, where those with powerful computers 

are able to exploit weaknesses in our regulatory systems to 

their own financial advantage, while hurting long-term investors and hurting the real economy. 

Senator KAUFMAN cares deeply about these issues, and he 

has voiced his concerns about them in this Chamber for over 

a year. Last year, he called for a ban on flash trading, a 

practice in which some firms pay for a ‘‘sneak peak,’’ only a 

few thousandths of a second long, at trades. With their computers, those firms can take advantage of that split-second 

head start on market-moving trades. The Securities and Exchange Commission is working on rules to ban the practice, 

and I join Senator KAUFMAN in urging that this practice be 

stopped. 

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Senator KAUFMAN has studied the trading markets in 

great detail, communicating with regulators and industry 

participants. He has learned that our regulatory system for 

monitoring trading is outdated and that the technology and 

capabilities of those who seek to exploit loopholes in the 

rules or avoid them altogether have too often outpaced those 

tasked with their oversight. 

Senator KAUFMAN has come to this floor many times over 

the past several months to warn us of the risks of our current trading market structure, and of his concerns with the 

inadequate regulatory process we have to police them. 

On August 5, he sent a letter to Securities and Exchange 

Commission Chairman Schapiro outlining proposals to address some of those concerns. His thoughtful proposals make 

a significant contribution to the debate over how to make our 

financial system safer. 

On May 6 of this year, we all watched helplessly as the 

stock market plunged nearly 1,000 points in a few minutes. 

While the regulators have committed to studying it and are 

expected to release their report soon on the root causes of 

that ‘‘flash crash,’’ I cannot help but think that we in Congress owe it to families and businesses around this country 

to better understand what happened and to make sure we do 

what we can to stop it from happening again. 

Although Senator KAUFMAN will soon be departing this 

body, we must continue his work so that those who seek to 

exploit our markets to the detriment of long-term investors 

and the real economy will not be able to do so without a battle from the Senate. Senator Jack Reed is committed to doing 

just that. He held a hearing in May shortly after the flash 

crash in which he looked into the causes of the crash. I will 

join him and others and do all we can to respond to these 

high-tech threats to market fairness and transparency. 

The world of trading stocks, bonds, commodities, and other 

financial instruments today occurs on two levels. There are 

those who invest for the long haul, investing in companies 

and products they expect to do well for some time. They 

drive our economy. But then there are those who seek to ‘‘invest’’ for thousandths of a second or just long enough to profit on split-second price swings. These traders argue that they 

provide ‘‘liquidity’’ to the markets, but in many cases they 

are actually hurting the markets by promoting volatility and 

undermining the integrity of those markets. 

As Senator KAUFMAN said, we owe it to the millions of 

families who have their savings in the markets and to the 

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businesses that rely on the markets for the capital they need 

to survive and grow to make sure our markets function properly. I applaud Senator KAUFMAN for his extraordinary work 

on these issues and other issues in the Senate. I thank him 

for his service. One way for us to recognize that service is 

to continue his quest for more fair and transparent markets. 

WEDNESDAY, September 29, 2010 

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, for a variety of reasons, 

turnover in the Senate has been more rapid recently than at 

almost any other time in our history. 

For some of us, the turnover has been the result of elections. For some, it has been the result of the passing of Senate legends Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd, and as a result, 

as well, of filling Senate seats once held by our President, 

Vice President, and the Secretaries of State and the Interior, 

while most of us—I think I saw a number of my colleagues 

from the freshman class here earlier listening to my good 

friend and colleague from Delaware—got here through the 

ballot box. We have been blessed to serve with some extraordinary individuals who were appointed to serve in this body. 

Perhaps no one stands out more in this regard than our 

colleague for the past 21 months, the Senator from Delaware, Mr. TED KAUFMAN. I think most of us have come to 

know Senator KAUFMAN’s service to this body extends well 

beyond the 21 months he served as a Senator. 

In fact, as we just heard from his comments (see farewell 

address, page ix), and he is oft to remind all of us freshmen, 

he actually has spent most of the last 20 years serving previously as a Senate staffer. 

No matter how accomplished—I think we have former 

Governors, former State senators, folks who have been superintendents of school boards—no matter what our background was before we got to the Senate, we all have had a 

lot to learn about the peculiar institution rules, mores, and 

the flow of this body. 

I think I may speak for some of my colleagues in the class 

of 2008, TED KAUFMAN has been an extraordinarily generous 

resource. He has known the rhythms of this institution, has 

been someone who has counseled us at times about some of 

the process, to recognize the need to tune out some of the 

ceaseless distraction, to recognize the great power of this institution. As he has demonstrated by his own conduct, someVerDate Aug 31 2005 14:29 May 21, 2012 Jkt 064812 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6688 Sfmt 6688 H:\DOCS\BYEBYE\BYEBYE10\64812.TXT KAYNE
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times the best path is to simply keep your head down and 

do hard work. 

Senator KAUFMAN, in his speech, went through the litany 

of activities he has participated in in that short 21 months. 

I wish to speak about two of them, briefly. One was the incredibly important role he played on financial reform and, 

two, this, I think perhaps much underrecognized but incredibly important role, a role he has been kind enough to leave 

to me, pass the torch to me, in terms of recognizing our Federal workforce. 

Senator KAUFMAN did not serve on the Banking Committee. But in terms of nonmembers on the Banking Committee, there was nobody more active in financial reform, on 

a host of issues, than TED KAUFMAN. We did not always see 

eye to eye. But nobody approached issues with more thoughtfulness, more hard work, and more generosity of spirit, who 

recognized we could have different opinions, but we both realized the financial system needed to be dramatically reformed. 

The area I particularly wish to call attention to is the fact 

that it was TED KAUFMAN, before virtually anybody else in 

this body, and for that matter beyond most of the commentators in the financial markets, who spotted and identified 

what could be the first sign of the next potential financial 

crisis, the lack of transparency, particularly around high-frequency trading and some of the techniques and tactics used 

by firms to institute that tool. 

As the Member who oftentimes had the privilege, respectively, of sitting in the chair on Monday afternoons, I got to 

be educated by TED KAUFMAN, as he mentioned earlier, as he 

went through an explanation of the challenges this technique 

posed. 

Because of his actions and working with Members across 

the aisle, he has raised the attention of the SEC to this very 

important issue. Again, this is an area I hope to pick up the 

baton on. The actions of May 6, in terms of the precipitous 

fall in the stock market, could have been that first warning 

shot, in many ways perhaps due to some of the techniques 

TED KAUFMAN has simply said we need more transparency. 

Senator KAUFMAN, as well, has done something that perhaps most of us in this institution and, for that matter, most 

of the 300 million Americans do not often pay enough homage and respect to, literally, millions of folks who work for 

the Federal Government. 

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As somebody who has committed his whole life to public 

service, and most of that public service in serving the Federal Government, Senator KAUFMAN decided, during his tenure, that each and every week he would come down and recognize somebody who works in the Federal Government who 

is a star. He has now recognized over 100 of these Federal 

employees, and Senator KAUFMAN has again reminded all of 

us that while we have challenges in terms of getting the Federal Government right, we still have in the Federal workforce the best in the world. I, again, look forward to the 

honor of picking up that baton. 

Public service is never easy at any moment. But I cannot 

think of a time in my 20 years around public service that its 

times are tougher than now, with a great kind of disregard 

about many of us who serve. But I can think of no better example of someone throughout his whole life who exemplified 

the best of public service, serving the staff roll, serving as a 

Senator, constantly calling us to our better angels, recognizing the great traditions of this body. 

So while we heard that Senator KAUFMAN for the last time 

yielded the floor, at least it is my hope, and I believe the 

hope of many of my colleagues, that you will still continue 

to frequent this institution, that you will still continue to be 

an individual whom we can count on for respect, for guidance, and recommendations. 

I have to say that while you will be missed, this body will 

be greatly diminished by your absence. I again wish to salute 

my colleague, my friend, and I thank Senator KAUFMAN for 

his distinguished service to not only the people of Delaware 

but to the people of the United States. 

I yield the floor. 

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from 

Michigan is recognized. 

Ms. STABENOW. Before I speak about a very critical piece 

of legislation, I wish to join the Senator from Virginia in recognizing our friend and colleague from Delaware who has 

done such an extraordinary job in the time he has been here. 

I wish to associate myself with the comments of the Senator 

from Virginia. 

There is no one who brings more intelligence, passion, 

commitment, or generosity of heart than the Senator from 

Delaware, and the fact that he has given his life to public 

service is something we all thank you for. You will be greatly 

missed. 

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Mr. REID. Mr. President, the 111th Congress will be recorded as one of the country’s most historic. It will be rightfully remembered for the landmark legislation we passed to 

help our economy recover from recession and to help Americans afford to recover from health problems and for the passion that characterized the debates over many of these laws. 

It will also be remembered for the replacement of remarkable Senators, under remarkable circumstances, by dedicated 

and devoted appointees. 

Two years ago, for the first time in half a century, the men 

elected President and Vice President of the United States 

were sitting U.S. Senators. One year before the last time 

that happened, in 1959, Robert C. Byrd was sworn in for the 

first of his record nine consecutive full terms in this body. 

In the 111th Congress, three pairs of the biggest shoes in 

American history needed to be filled, three public servants 

were chosen to sit in the seats vacated by the President, the 

Vice President, and the longest serving Member of Congress. 

That has never happened before and will probably never 

happen again. 

Though Senators EDWARD KAUFMAN, Roland Burris, and 

Carte Goodwin were selected and not elected, none was content to be merely a footnote of history or the answer to a congressional trivia question. Each made the most of his time 

in the service of his State. 

Before he became the junior Senator from Delaware, TED

KAUFMAN was an engineer, a university professor, and Vice 

President Biden’s right-hand man in this body for two decades. He spent nearly all his political career behind the 

scenes but impressed everyone in his State and in the Senate every time he stood up on the Senate floor or spoke out 

in a committee hearing. 

Rarely has an appointed Senator serving such a short term 

made such an impact. Senator KAUFMAN wrote legislation to 

make sure no Wall Street bank is too big to fail and made 

it easier for Federal prosecutors to root out financial fraud. 

His ideas on how to crack down on health care fraud are now 

the law of the land. 

He served less than one Congress, but he was no rookie. 

His knowledge of parliamentary procedure is vast, and he 

was a great legislative partner to me personally over the last 

2 years. 

But among the most remarkable things Senator KAUFMAN

did in his time here were the 100 tributes he gave on the 

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tary engineers, intelligence analysts, nuclear scientists, 

Medicare benefits administrators, advocates for the homeless 

and the sick, and so on, everyone from administrative secretaries to assistant Cabinet secretaries. 

Senator KAUFMAN knows that the 2 million selfless public 

servants who choose to spend their careers in the Federal 

Government often make personal and financial sacrifices to 

work in relative anonymity and rarely receive recognition. 

He knows they often bear an undeserved reputation as part 

of a vast bureaucracy. But Senator KAUFMAN, a great former 

Federal employee himself, has both the character and class 

to publicly honor them for their good, hard, and honest work. 

He should be recognized for the same. . . . 

Senators EDWARD KAUFMAN, Roland Burris, and Carte 

Goodwin represented their respective States with distinction. 

They will forever hold a special place in American history for 

the good work they did in the short time they were U.S. Senators. 

THURSDAY, November 18, 2010 

Mr. BURRIS. . . . I also wish to acknowledge my fellow 

freshman Senators: Senators Begich, Bennett, Franken, 

Gillibrand; the Presiding Officer, the North Carolinian, Senator Hagan; as well as Senators Merkley, Shaheen, Mark 

Udall, Tom Udall, Mark Warner, and our just departed Senator KAUFMAN from Delaware. They are tremendous individuals possessing incredible talents and have been a very 

supportive group for me. Thank you, my freshman colleagues. . . . 

Mr. WARNER. . . . Madam President, I rise today to continue a recent tradition of the Senate—the tradition of honoring exemplary Federal employees—my friend Senator TED

KAUFMAN began last year. Senator KAUFMAN believes, as I 

do, that our Federal employees deserve recognition for their 

admirable patriotism which drives them in their daily work 

as civil servants. 

Senator KAUFMAN highlighted 100 Federal employees in 

his close to 2 years of service—100 Federal employees with 

significant accomplishments in the fields of medicine, 

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science, technology, diplomacy, and defense. Today I will 

start to continue that tradition. . . . 

TUESDAY, November 30, 2010 

Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, 16 Senators will retire 

this year. There is a pretty big turnover in this body, but 

that is a lot of Senators at once. We are losing an enormous 

amount of talent, but, of course, we are gaining a lot of talent with the new Senators. 

I wish to show my respect for those who have served, 

which I will do in a summary fashion because we are talking 

about 16 individuals with very complex and distinguished 

backgrounds. 

One might ask, what are the characteristics of a Senator? 

There are a lot of different answers to that, depending on 

your background and attitude toward politics and government. First, I have always thought that one characteristic of 

almost every Member of the Senate is that he or she probably was a first grader sitting in the front row, hand in the 

air waiting to be recognized. This is an eager bunch or you 

would not have gotten here. 

Second, it is a group of risk takers. Most people who end 

up in the Senate get here because a lot of other people who 

wanted to be Senators were standing around waiting for the 

right time to run. A lot of people who were elected to the 

Senate seemed to have no chance of winning at the time they 

decided to run, but the voters decided differently, and here 

they are. 

Third, we are almost all professional and congenial. That 

is a big help. It is almost a requirement in an organization 

of 100 individuals who spend almost all their time with one 

another, who serve in a body that operates by unanimous 

consent, when just one Senator can bring the whole place to 

a halt, and whose job basically is to argue about some of the 

most difficult issues that face the American people. So it 

helps that almost every Member of the Senate is an especially congenial person. 

Back in Tennessee, people often say to me it must be 

rough being in that job. They are awfully mean up there. 

The truth is, I don’t know of a more congenial group than 

the Members of the Senate. We begin the day in the gym. 

The next thing you know we are at a Prayer Breakfast, and 

then we are at a committee hearing. Then we are on the 

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floor voting, and then we have lunch. It goes through the day 

until 7 or 8 o’clock, or sometimes later. We live together and 

we get along very well. We know and respect each other. 

Not long ago, the Presiding Officer (Mr. Udall of New Mexico) and I were having dinner together with our wives. We 

were lamenting the loss of families who know one another, 

the way it happened when his father was serving in Congress and when I first came to the Senate to work for Senator Baker. And that’s true. We’ve lost some of that. Still, 

there is an enormous amount of affection and good will here. 

You don’t always get to be very close friends in this job, but 

you get to be very good acquaintances, and you learn to respect people for their strengths. 

Senator Domenici said, when he left, that we don’t do a 

very good job of saying goodbye here. That is true. As one 

part of saying goodbye, I wish to say at least one good thing 

about each one of the 16 retiring Senators. Much more could 

be said about each, of course. Mostly, I am going in alphabetical order. . . . 

There have been four Members appointed to the Senate 

who are retiring, and that is quite a number. . . . 

Senator TED KAUFMAN of Delaware was a great teacher 

and a longtime Senate staffer before serving in the Senate 

himself. . . . 

It has been my privilege to serve with these 16 Senators. 

We thank them for their service to our country. They have 

had a chance to serve in what we regard as the world’s 

greatest deliberative body; it is a special institution. We will 

miss their leadership, and we hope they will stay in touch 

with us because they are not just retiring Senators, they are 

all our friends. 

I yield the floor. 

WEDNESDAY, December 8, 2010 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 

there be printed as a Senate document a compilation of materials from the Congressional Record in tribute to retiring 

Members of the 111th Congress, and that Members have 

until Thursday, December 16, to submit such tributes. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 

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THURSDAY, December 9, 2010 

Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, when our colleague TED

KAUFMAN, who is leaving, was sworn in as Senator in January 2009 to succeed the newly elected Vice President, Senator Joe Biden, he made it clear that he would not run for 

election in 2010. He noted that he had not raised money to 

become a Senator and would not raise money to be elected 

2 years later. He would be a free man, beholden to no special 

interest, determined to do only what is right for the people 

of Delaware and the United States. 

Senator KAUFMAN has made good on that pledge. He may 

no longer be a Member of the Senate since the swearing in 

of the new Senator from Delaware, Mr. Coons, but in just 2 

years in the Senate, he left his mark—both legislatively and 

in the esteem of Senators on both sides of the aisle. 

Of course, it should come as no surprise that TED KAUFMAN excelled in this body, and had influence and clout far 

beyond what is typical for a freshman Senator whose tenure 

was only going to be 2 years. After all, he came to this body 

with a distinguished and diverse background in government, 

business, and the academy. He holds a degree in mechanical 

engineering from Duke, which led to a job with DuPont 

Chemical Company. He went on to earn an M.B.A. from the 

Wharton School and taught at Duke University’s schools of 

law and business. And, of course, as we all knew TED before, 

he served for 20 years on the staff of Senator Joe Biden, 

most of that time as chief of staff. 

Like most Senators, I have enormous respect for the role 

of the Senate’s professional staff members. In fact, we often 

joke that Senators are ‘‘a constitutional impediment to the 

smooth functioning of staff.’’ 

In Senator TED KAUFMAN, we saw the best of both worlds, 

combining the expertise and competence of a veteran staffer 

with the leadership and political skills of a first-rate Senator. 

This made Senator KAUFMAN a formidable presence in this 

body for the last 2 years. 

No question, Senator KAUFMAN’s influence was felt most 

impressively in the effort to reform Wall Street in the wake 

of the financial meltdown of 2008. 

Soon after becoming Senator, he cosponsored, along with 

Senator Leahy and Senator Grassley, a bill to give Federal 

prosecutors more effective tools for rooting out financial 

fraud. President Obama signed that bill into law in May of 

last year. 

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When the Senate undertook the sweeping reform of the financial system earlier this year, Senator KAUFMAN quickly 

stepped forward as one of the toughest critics of Wall Street, 

giving speech after speech here on the floor proposing and 

demanding fundamental changes in America’s broken financial system. 

I listened with particular interest to his explanations and 

criticisms of high-frequency trading and other opaque trading practices of hedge funds and big Wall Street firms. 

I was proud to cosponsor the SAFE Banking Act, cosponsored by Senator KAUFMAN and Senator Brown. 

This legislation would have dramatically reduced the size 

and concentration of the largest financial institutions, thereby making our financial system safer. I was disappointed 

this proposal was not included in the financial bill. But getting 33 votes for this ambitious measure was no small feat, 

and, no question, Senator KAUFMAN’s tireless efforts helped 

to rally support in the Senate for reforming our financial institutions. Thanks in no small measure to Senator KAUFMAN’s expertise and relentless advocacy, the worst aspects of 

Wall Street’s casino capitalism have been eliminated, and 

our financial system is better able to allocate capital to areas 

of the economy that need it the most. 

So the junior Senator from Delaware was true to his word. 

For the last 2 years, he was a Senator’s Senator, giving his 

all, beholden to no interest, serving the people of Delaware 

and the United States with competence, character, courage, 

and, I might add, with rock-solid integrity. 

I have valued TED KAUFMAN’s friendship and counsel here 

in the Senate, as I said, going back for nearly 20 years. I 

look forward to continuing that relationship now that he has 

departed from this body. So I join with the entire Senate 

family in wishing TED and Lynne much happiness and success in the years ahead. 

FRIDAY, December 10, 2010 

Mr. REED. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 

our colleagues who are departing the Senate after distinguished service on behalf of their States and on behalf of the 

Nation. I have been privileged to work with these individuals, to learn from them, to collaborate and cooperate 

with them, and to, in some small way, help them do what 

they have done so well—represent their States with fidelity, 

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with great effort, and to move the agenda of the Nation forward. . . . 

My dear friend TED KAUFMAN and Lynne. We traveled the 

world together—including Afghanistan multiple times. He 

served with such distinction. He took up the effort to ensure 

that our securities markets in particular are well regulated, 

especially in regard to the new phenomenon of highfrequency trading. It is no coincidence that just this week, 

we had a hearing on high-frequency trading. TED has not let 

us forget that very critical issue for the future. . . . 

To all of these colleagues and their families, my deepest 

appreciation and my profoundest respect. 

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise again to recognize the 

service of another great Federal employee. This is a tradition 

that was started by our friend and former colleague, Senator 

Kaufman, and I am proud to carry on that tradition. But I 

want to first say that I appreciate the remarks of the Presiding Officer (Mr. Reed) about our colleagues who are leaving this body, and I share his great respect for not only Senator Kaufman but all of the colleagues who are leaving the 

body at the end of this Congress. . . . 

WEDNESDAY, December 15, 2010 

Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I wish today to pay tribute 

to my distinguished colleague, Senator TED KAUFMAN. TED

has retired after just 2 years as a U.S. Senator. He was appointed to this position in January 2009 after Senator Joe 

Biden was elected as Vice President of the United States. 

TED was an obvious choice to fill Joe’s well-established 

shoes. He has a tremendous amount of experience on Capitol 

Hill, and there are few who understand the inner workings 

of the Senate as well as he does. Before being appointed to 

fill Delaware’s vacant Senate seat, TED served almost 20 

years as chief of staff for Senator Biden. This experience 

served him well as TED proved himself to be a strong and effective leader for Delaware. 

After only a month of Senate service, TED introduced the 

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, which increases the 

number of FBI agents and prosecutors available to prosecute 

individuals who committed fraud during the financial meltdown. This legislation became law May 20. 

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In addition, TED has been a tireless advocate for improving 

regulation and safety in the financial services market to help 

protect Americans from another devastating economic decline as a result of loose rules and abusive banking practices. 

He was also a strong proponent for renewing our country’s 

focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 

research to help propel our country into the 21st century. 

TED also established a unique tradition during his time in 

the Senate. Every week, he made it a priority to honor the 

lifelong services of Federal employees. All too often, the hard 

work of these public servants goes unrecognized, and I commend TED for his efforts to honor these men and women. 

Even in retirement, TED will continue serving the American people. He was recently named chairman of the TARP 

Congressional Oversight Panel. 

There are few who could make such a tangible mark on 

public policy in such a short time. I thank TED for his years 

of service and wish him all the best in the coming years. 

Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, soon the gavel will bring to a 

close this session of Congress, and many of us will return 

home to be with our families for the holidays. Before we 

leave, it is one of the Senate’s traditions to say a few words 

to express our appreciation to those who will no longer be 

serving in the Senate when we reconvene for the next session of Congress in January. One Senator I know I will miss 

in the months to come is TED KAUFMAN. 

TED isn’t one of those who followed the typical road to the 

Senate. He came to be a part of our work after first making 

career stops as a college instructor, a political consultant, 

and a chief of staff for Joe Biden, whose seat he was appointed to fill when Senator Biden became our Nation’s Vice 

President. 

Each stop along the way provided TED with a different 

perspective about government and its effect on the people it 

was created to serve. The different roles he has played and 

his knowledge of and experience with the workings of the 

Senate made him a good choice to serve the remainder of Joe 

Biden’s Senate term. When the Governor made the appointment, she cited TED’s knowledge of the Senate which he 

gained during his many years of service here that she believed would enable him to hit the ground running and be 

an ‘‘effective Senator for Delaware from day one.’’ She was 

right on both counts. 

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countant has helped me during our debates on the budget 

and how to handle the deficit, TED’s understanding and appreciation of the sciences have given him some valuable insights into the importance of moving science and technology 

careers ‘‘back in their rightful place in our economy.’’ 

As the ranking member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, I share his concern about the 

need to encourage our young people to take a closer look at 

those fields and consider a career in one of them. Unless 

they do, we will continue to fall further and further behind 

in the number of science students we graduate. That will 

have an impact on our place in the world economy and our 

ability to attract the kind of jobs that will enable our workers to find jobs that are both challenging and rewarding. 

Although I do not know what the future holds for TED as 

he leaves the Senate, I do know that he has taught in the 

past about government and the process of governing. His experience as a Senator would add a vital dimension to another round of those classes. I hope he considers sharing 

what he has learned with the next generation of our leaders—and help to groom our future Senators. It will be yet 

another way for him to make a difference in the world. 

Good luck, TED. Thanks for your willingness to serve. You 

can be very proud of the contribution you have made to the 

Senate and to the history of our country. Every day another 

chapter of our history is written in our Nation’s Capital and, 

as 1 of only 100 Senators, you have played a key role in that 

effort that has now been recorded and will not be forgotten. 

Our thanks also go to your wife Lynne, who has been a 

part of this and all your life’s adventures. As we both know 

so well, serving in the Senate means a lot of late nights, 

trips back home with little notice, and a lot of other things 

we have to deal with because they come with the job. Fortunately our wives never complain because we could never do 

what we have to do without them. While I am thanking you 

for your service, I think Lynne also deserves a word of recognition for all she has done over the years to support your 

efforts. Together, you are a remarkable team, and that is 

why Delaware is so proud to claim both of you as their own. 

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent 

that the order for the printing of tributes be modified to provide that Members have until sine die of the 111th Congress, 

2d session, to submit tributes and that the order for printing 

remain in effect. 

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 

THURSDAY, December 16, 2010 

Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I rise today to bid farewell to 

a number of our friends and colleagues who are ending their 

service in the Senate. Their contributions are too numerous 

to mention, therefore I would like to take just a few minutes 

to highlight some of the memories of the Senators I came to 

know personally. 

Some of the departing Senators I have served with for decades. Others were here for only part of a term. All of them 

worked hard for their constituents and our country. 

Senator TED KAUFMAN served for the past 2 years on my 

Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. 

Throughout Senator KAUFMAN’s time with the subcommittee, he made a remarkable effort to honor the critical 

work of Federal employees. His regular statements on the 

Senate floor highlighting their work were an inspiration and 

I know were greatly appreciated by the dedicated Federal 

employees in Delaware and across this great Nation. I also 

appreciated Senator KAUFMAN’s strong leadership on addressing longstanding shortcomings in Presidential transition planning, culminating in the enactment of the PreElection Presidential Transition Act this year. . . . 

In closing, the end of this Congress is bittersweet, with so 

many talented and dedicated public servants leaving this institution. All of them made a lasting impact on the Senate 

and on our country. Mahalo nui loa, thank you, for all your 

work. 

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