capitol hill where she will continue her exemplary public service career in the office of senator amy klobuchar. senator klobuchar's gain is my loss. and, indeed, the entire commissions. margaret has brought a wealth of skill and creativity and smarts, and total candor and good humor to everything she has done in my office. our work on the universal service and intercarrier compensation item that we put a few moments ago should go down in commission handles as a best practices manual for all incoming eighth floor advisors. she mastered come and i mean really mastered all of the issues and implications of unbelievably complex set of issues, developed expert in innovative ways to improve items, and spoke as i say with total and refreshing candor to all parties concerned. she represented our office exactly the way i wanted it to be represented. i'd like to think that if i were staying on, market would, too. i hope she doesn't think i've abandoned her, but i know senator klobuchar and margaret's new capitol hill colleagues will take very care -- very good care of her. so my thanks to her for everyt