[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 128 (Wednesday, October 5, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11120-S11121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RETIREMENT OF SENATE FINANCIAL CLERK, TIM WINEMAN

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I have often spoken of the importance of the 
Senate staff and the Senate's various support services for the 
effective workings of this great institution. These are the people and 
the offices that are rarely mentioned in the newspapers or the history 
books but who are essential to the effective workings of this 
institution. They are the people and the offices who make the jobs of 
the 100 Members of this Chamber more pleasant and more productive.
  I cannot even imagine how this institution could function without the 
Senate Disbursing Office. In addition to serving as the finance office 
of the Senate, this office maintains our retirement, health insurance, 
life insurance, and other human resource programs. For the past 7 
years, this most important Senate office has been headed by the 
Senate's highly capable Financial Officer, Mr. Tim Wineman.
  Unfortunately, Mr. Wineman will soon be leaving us. He is retiring on 
October 14. Therefore, I want to take a few minutes of the Senate's 
time to thank Mr. Wineman for his service, to express my appreciation 
for his outstanding work, and to say that we will miss him.
  Mr. Wineman was born and raised in the Washington, DC, metropolitan 
area, graduating from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. On October 19, 
1970, he started work as a payroll clerk in the Senate Disbursing 
Office; he remained in this office for the next 35 years. In September, 
1976, Mr.

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Wineman was promoted to payroll supervisor. Four years later, in 
August, 1980, he was promoted to the position of assistant financial 
clerk. On May 1, 1998, he became the Financial Clerk of the U.S. Senate 
Disbursing Office, that is, the Senate's Financial Officer.
  His has been an extraordinary career, during which he has earned the 
praise of those who work under and with him in the Disbursing Office, 
and the respect of other Senate staffers and Members of this Chamber. 
During his service in Senate financial leadership positions for the 
past two decades, Mr. Wineman has overseen the technological renovation 
of the Senate's financial affairs and has had a hand both in the Senate 
budget process and the Senate appropriation's process. And he proved 
himself to be an invaluable resource to Senate leadership on both sides 
of the aisle. He will be missed and will be very difficult to replace.
  I want to congratulate and thank Mr. Wineman for his extraordinary 
dedication to the work and traditions of the Senate. And I want extend 
to him and Pat, his wife of 36 years, my fondest wishes, and ask the 
Lord's blessings as they embark upon this new phase of their lives.
  I understand that after relaxing and enjoying a stress-free 
environment for the next 6 months, Tim plans to spend his retirement 
playing golf and traveling. I urge him to do it. He deserves it. He has 
earned it.

                       ``It Makes No Difference''

     It makes no difference who sang the song,
     If only the song was sung;
     It makes no difference who did the deed,
     Be they old in years or young;

     If the song was sweet and helped a soul,
     What matters the singer's name?
     The worth was in the song itself,
     And not in the world's acclaim.

     The song and the deed are one,
     If each be done for love;
     Love of the work, not love of self,
     And the ``score'' is kept above.
     It makes no difference who did the deed,
     Be they old in years or young;

     If the song was sweet and helped a soul,
     What matters the singer's name?
     The worth was in the song itself,
     And not in the world's acclaim.

     The song and the deed are one,
     If each be done for love;
     Love of the work, not love of self,
     And the ``score'' is kept above.
     --Author Unknown.

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