Mr. President. the tragic plane crash in Croatia last month that took the life of Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown also took the lives of other outstanding officials in the Department of Commerce. including Charles F. Meissner. who was Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy and who was also the husband of Doris Meissner. the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. During the 1970s. he had served with great distinction for several years on the staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Our hearts go out to the Meissner family in this time of their great loss. In the days following that tragedy. a number of eloquent tributes to Charles Meissner described his extraordinary career. his dedication to public service. and his contributions to our country and to peoples throughout the world.
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