McConnell Honors Senior Advisor Erica Suares
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor thanking Leadership staff:
“Mr. President, I can't help but wonder how many of the industries and constituencies seeking the ear of my office on any given day know that my senior adviser responsible for business coalitions is also a watercolor painter whose work adorns the invitations my colleagues receive to our annual Kentucky Derby lunch or whether Erica Suares's former colleagues at Coastal Living magazine have followed along as her reputation as consummate adviser has reached every corner of the uppermost echelons of Republican politics - Jim DeMint, to Mitt Romney, to me.
“Erica's innate talents for diplomacy and coordination are undeniable. For more than a decade, I have trusted Erica to relay important guidance around the Republican conference and build consensus across business and advocacy groups. She is charismatic, perceptive, and highly intelligent. In the heat of battle, she has been known to forgo sleep for days.
“But the depth of Erica's commitment and the breadth of her professional accomplishments are a testament to something else - a genuine, friendly warmth that is downright difficult to sustain in a town like Washington.
“As much as she excels at tending relationships with stakeholders across the Senate and private sector, Erica tends relationships with her colleagues with the utmost care. She takes it upon herself to welcome new arrivals, to celebrate birthdays with requisite cookie cakes, and to fulfill other duties that come along with being indisputably the heart and soul of the office.
“I know my entire team is grateful to occupy a small part of Erica's heart. The rest rightly belongs to her family - her mother Suri and her late father Roger--whom she continues to make so very, very proud.
“Erica, thank you.”
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