McConnell Congratulates Paul Casasco on 37 Years of Senate Service
‘Paul has had a front row seat to decades of Senate history. He’s captured consequential debates and preserved crucial records. So I know my colleagues will join me in thanking Paul for his devoted service to our institution and in wishing him much happiness in his retirement.’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding retiring Senate staff member, Paul Casasco:
“Today, the Senate will bid farewell to a longtime member of our institutional staff.
“After 37 years of service, the senior audio operator for the Senate chamber, Paul Casasco, is embarking on a well-deserved retirement.
“Paul arrived in the Senate in the spring of 1986, just in time to help stand up the audio-visual production that would broadcast floor proceedings to the American public.
“In the years since, I understand he’s had a hand in just about every facet of the Senate’s multimedia recording operation, from committee hearing rooms to the affectionately named ‘crow’s nest’ in the gallery of this chamber.
“Paul has had a front row seat to decades of Senate history.
“He’s captured consequential debates and preserved crucial records.
“So I know my colleagues will join me in thanking Paul for his devoted service to our institution and in wishing him much happiness in his retirement.”
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