[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 167 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO TIM DONOHOE

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 22, 1999

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, November 11, 1999, as the work 
of this House paused while Americans honored our veterans, we in the 
congressional community lost a veteran of our own. Timothy Leo Donohoe, 
a former House doorman and virtual fixture for many years at the 
Speaker's Lobby East door before his retirement in 1997, died suddenly 
on Veteran's Day at his home on Capitol Hill. Tim was only 54 years 
old, and he is greatly missed by the friends he leaves behind.
  And, Mr. Speaker, Tim Donohoe leaves many friends. Tim served the 
Congress for 25 years, most of them for the Doorkeeper and Sergeant-at-
Arms, so he knew most everyone who worked on and around the House 
floor. It was Tim's job as a doorman to know every Member of Congress, 
including the Senators who often appeared at his door, and he did, 
whether a Member had been here for 20 years or 20 minutes. Tim also 
knew the many committee and support staff whose work brought them to 
the floor, as well as the many members of the Hill press corps who 
gathered in the Speaker's Lobby looking for news. All who worked with 
or around Tim appreciated his wit, his good humor, and his reliable 
information about what was really going on in the House. When the House 
was in legislative session, Tim was at that door--we could count on it. 
He always did his job diligently and magnificently, in the grandest 
traditions of the House.
  Everyone who had the good fortune to know Tim Donohoe well agrees 
that he was one of the kindest, most selfless people one could ever 
meet. Though these traits may have resulted from a classical Catholic 
education, which for Tim culminated in a master's degree in theology 
from St. Paul's College in Washington, I suspect they were innate, 
simply a manifestation of Tim's character. He cared about others more 
than himself, and it showed.
  Mr. Speaker, our world would be a far better place if there were more 
like Tim Donohoe. Our world is a better place for Tim's having been 
here. He is, and will continue to be, sorely missed.

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