[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 150 (Thursday, December 7, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S11736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               DONNA DAY

  Mr. HATCH. I also want to say a word about Donna Day.
  Donna has been on my staff for 15 years. She has been a loyal and 
efficient staffer, working diligently on data entry. I don't quite know 
how we will fill the hole left in our correspondence management unit 
when she retires at the end of the month.
  If the personnel office at any organization were to write down the 
attributes of the perfect employee, the list would describe Donna Day. 
She has worked tirelessly over these 15 years on my behalf. She is 
never late, rarely absent, and always pleasant. It seems that Donna 
never has a bad day. We have always been able to count on her day after 
day, year after year, to do an important job consistently well. And, I 
don't believe I have ever heard her complain about anything--not even 
the deluge of letters, cards, faxes, and e-mails we received during 
some very high profile debates.
  Frankly, it is hard to imagine walking into our mailroom in January 
and not seeing her there sorting mail or working at the computer.
  I have been blessed during my Senate tenure to have had excellent 
staff, not just in my policy and senior staff positions, but in the 
support roles as well. Donna has been such a staffer, and I will miss 
her.
  I want to thank her for her many contributions to my office, 
congratulate her on a well-deserved retirement, and wish her all the 
best as she moves on to the next chapter in her life.
  I want her to know how much I appreciate her and her colleague Joyce 
and how much I love and appreciate Bob Lockwood. These people have 
proven that government workers work above and beyond, that they really 
make a difference in all of our lives, and that they are part of the 
reason why many in this country have a quality of life they would not 
otherwise have.
  I am so grateful to these three people and for the service they have 
given to our country, to the Senate, to my constituents. It has been 
such a privilege to work with them. I say ``with them.'' They never 
worked for me. They worked for all of us. They worked with me. I don't 
think I would be nearly as effective had it not been for the work that 
these three wonderful people have done. I pay personal tribute to them.

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