[国会纪录卷160，33号（2014年2月27日星期四）] [参议院] [第S1230]向弗吉尼亚·雷尼辛普森夫人致敬。主席女士，我今天上涨，以认识到国会和雷尼·辛普森国家的职业和服务，于本月底在我们政府的执行和立法分支机构的30多年的服务之后退休。她致力于她的生命，为公共服务帮助保持我们的国家及其公民安全，我们为她尊重她的长期奉献精神。Renee将参议院作为审计和监督情报委员会的审计和监督。在委员会的3年内，雷尼一直是委员会对16个情报机构的监督的组成部分。她领导了情报界的信息技术现代化和分类流程的审查，并担任智力界的视察员联络委员会。她的知识和洞察力帮助识别关注项目和改进的建议。In addition to her service with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Renee has served as a Legislative Affairs Officer in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as the Special Senate Liaison for the United States Marine Corps Office of Legislative Affairs. But perhaps her most significant assignments and accomplishments came during her 24 years of service with the U.S. Naval Reserves. Ms. Simpson's distinguished military career began as an Operations and Readiness Officer for Desert Shield/Desert Storm and her unwavering commitment to service led her to posts around the world, including to NATO's Allied Forces Southern Headquarters Command, the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy, the Joint Task Force in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. Joint Forces Command, and the Office of the Director of Naval Intelligence in Washington, DC. Renee has received numerous awards for her military service including the Defense Superior Service Medal as well as many Navy and Marine Corps Commendation and Achievement Medals. Renee is especially close to her family and her priorities and heart lie with them in Sanford, NC. Her father, Lester Ray Simpson, is a proud Navy veteran of the Korean War who has an appreciation of fine attire with just the right bow tie. Her mom, Vivian, remains Renee's unending inspiration and role model. And according to Renee, her sister, Jane Rae Fawcett, is ``a superstar and the smartest, funniest person I know.'' Finally, her family simply would not be complete without her anchor of a brother-in-law, Deputy Sheriff Ed Fawcett. Renee lives, breathes and loves her family above all else. I am pleased to have the opportunity to publicly thank Renee and to note my appreciation for her dedicated and dignified efforts. We will miss your insight and experience, and your commitment to pursuing the right policies to protect our Nation. ____________________