[国会记录第160卷，第4号（2014年1月8日星期三）] [参议院] [第S130-S131]向Kathleen Mcghee夫人致敬。主席先生，我今天上涨了参议员萨克斯比·······莫布尔斯荣誉，并感谢参议院最长的服务，最受广泛的专业工作人员 -  Kathleen Mcghee。Kathleen本周退休，经过33年的持续服务，智力选择委员会。随着所有参议员都知道，参议院的大部分工作都是静静地，在幕后，由名称不在文件中的工作人员以及谁不在公共服务中的认可。对于智力委员会的工作尤其如此，它在闭门的门后面运作 - 当事情正常工作时 - 没有公众关注。33年来，Kathleen Mcghee是通过确保我们的听证会顺利进行的委员会肯定专业经营的人，编写了报告，发送和收到的信件，维持的成绩单和预算，所有人都及时。ReportsReports她唯一无法克服的是小鼠。在马里兰大学毕业后，加入委员会员工在1980年4月7日加入委员会工作人员，以协助委员会的军备控制专家。她随后向委员会的预算董事，少数民族顾问和少数民族工作人员提供行政支持。1987年，David L. Boren董事长被任命为凯瑟琳作为情报委员会的首席职员，这是她从此举行的一个职位。 In her time here, she has been present when some of our Nation's most important national security issues were considered and debated--from espionage during the Cold War to the response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and many more. In the thousands of hearings, briefings, and markups she has run, Kathleen has truly seen and heard it all. Kathleen has served as clerk, and mostly as chief clerk, for 11 committee chairmen: Birch Bayh, Barry Goldwater, Dave Durenberger, David Boren, Dennis DeConcini, Arlen Specter, Richard Shelby, Bob Graham, Pat Roberts, Jay Rockefeller, and for me. Owing to the nature of the committee and its rules, and to her even-handed, nonpartisan approach, she has also served many Vice Chairmen equally well during her tenure: Patrick Moynihan, Pat Leahy, Bill Cohen, Frank Murkowski, John Warner, Bob Kerrey, Richard Bryan, Kit Bond, and now Saxby Chambliss, to name a few. Few people in the U.S. Congress can say that they have worked for so many Senators--85 Senators in all--and as professionally. As importantly, in her time here, and especially as the committee's chief clerk for more than two decades, Kathleen has worked with more than 300 staffers who have uniformly appreciated and respected her professionalism and collegiality. Kathleen has managed the administrative staff and functions of the committee, and coordinated with other Senate offices on matters ranging from the rules to the architecture. She has walked dozens of staff directors through the preparation and execution of the committee's budget and has been hailed repeatedly as the committee's ``institutional memory.'' As the chief clerk, Kathleen has been responsible for showing new staffers the ropes and making sure they were able to transition smoothly into their new roles on the committee staff. Especially for people used to the bureaucratic difficulties in the executive branch, her ability to pave the way has been nearly miraculous. Sadly, but understandably, it is now the time for her own transition--although true to her form, Kathleen agreed to continue her service longer than anticipated in order to make sure that the hand-off to her successor would go smoothly. Now, we are pleased to take the opportunity on behalf of the Senate to thank Kathleen McGhee for her tremendous service to the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate, and [[Page S131]] the Nation. We wish her all the very best as she enjoys a well-earned retirement to her home in Falls Church, VA, and on her beloved shores of Bethany Beach, DE, with her husband Mike and children, Luke and Molly. ____________________