i'm not going to talk about fathers and sons, but my dad who served in this house and my uncle carl levin who served in the senate, both loved him very much. andlet me talk about nellie his broader staff. nelley loved serving in the senate, on the staff, and she loved the senator. that's what she called him, the senator. nelley sarbanes saw freeman for who she was, he saw her talent and he unleashed her people of with the maryland of which she was a tive, to organize events, to organize his participation in festivals and convenience of all kinds, and she just loved this work. and saw the value in it understood that the connection with human beings and the essence of politics. and he once said that nelley knew more constituents and more local organizations than anyone else in maryland. and i think she is incredibly proud of that to this day. i know that she shared a joy of working for senator paul sarbanes. and how you treat your staff, and how you see your staff says a lot about you as a public servant. senators have a lot more staff than we do over here in the house. and he really knew h