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Cover of TRIBUTES TO HON. EDWARD E. KAUFMAN ? Edward E. Kaufman U.S. SENATOR FROM DELAWARE TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 ? [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T4812.001 Edward E. Kaufman ? Tributes Delivered in Congress Edward E. Kaufman United States Senator 2009-2010 a ? Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing CONTENTS 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 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. Initially appointed to two committees

TRIBUTES TO HON. EDWARD E. KAUFMAN ? Edward E. Kaufman U.S. SENATOR FROM DELAWARE TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TONGRESS.#15 ? [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T4812.001 Edward E. Kaufman ? Tributes Delivered in Congress Edward E. Kaufman United States Senator 2009-2010 a ? Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing CONTENTS 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 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. Initially appointed to two committees

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