krysta was there, she was there. helped with the scheduling. and we got over that and landra had an extremely aggressive form of breast cancer that went on for months. she balanced my schedule here with my schedule with her. she made sure i had time with landra to help. i will always remember her. didn't have to ask her to do it. she did it. with my unfortunate accident, krysta knew how i had been hurt and i did the best i could covering how i had been hurt. my three leaders, durbin, schumer and murray, helped me cover my disability for a while. she took care of things. my scheduling was done. i missed very, very few things because of her. my children know her. my grandchildren know her. it's no surprise then to say that krysta is and always will be part of my family. krysta's time is ending this week. it's kind of like my service here in the senate. i wish it would never end. i wish krysta could be with me always. but, you know, things change and things happen. but really with krysta, it's not time for distress or sadness. it's time for happin

krysta, that's her name. last name jurys. i have a few months to go as a member of the congress. been here 34 years. i've had some remarkable employees. i've had such loyal staff that are with me now that will stay to the bitter end. but it's hard to find a description for someone as capable, as nice, as competent, as smart as krysta. david mccallum who helps me line up staff, told me he had a candidate and he thought she was really good. gave me her background, and that she had worked in senator clinton's office. and in her presidential campaign. told me, i guess the clincher was she was a collegiate lacrosse player. lacrosse is a game i have gotten to know quite well because i have grand sons that that's their sport. it's really a difficult, hard game. c