[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 27 (Friday, March 11, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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             IN HONOR OF DENIS MULCAHY AND PROJECT CHILDREN

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                        HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 10, 1994

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to call to the attention 
of our colleagues one of the more outstanding humanitarians of my 20th 
Congressional District of New York, Dennis Mulcahy a decorated New York 
City policeman, has earned the respect and support of people throughout 
the world. As founder and chairman of Project Children, he has had a 
tremendous impact on an entire generation of young Irish people, 
teaching them peace, mutual trust, and understanding.
  Last night, I had the pleasure of honoring Dennis at the 7th Annual 
Washington Dinner of Project Children. This organization has 
accumulated an impressive array of family and private sector sponsors 
from throughout the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, I request that my remarks honoring Dennis Mulcahy be 
inserted at this point in the Record:

 Remarks by Representative Benjamin A. Gilman, March 9, 1994; Project 
                      Children; 7th Annual Dinner

       I am honored and pleased to be here with Project Children's 
     founder and chairman, Denis Mulcahy. Denis is a constituent 
     of mine in our 20th Congressional District of New York, I am 
     pleased to note that Dennis is joined tonight by his son, 
     Dennis Mulcahy, Jr.
       For more than 20 years, this outstanding distinguished 
     organization has brought thousands (over 9,000) Irish 
     children, both Protestant and Catholic, to the United States 
     for a summer vacation, helping to build mutual trust, 
     understanding, and tolerance.
       Here, with volunteer families, these children receive some 
     peace and respite from the strife that tears at the fabric of 
     their native Northern Ireland. From their American holiday 
     comes lifelong friendships, and hopefully seeds of an 
     eventual peace in the north of Ireland.
       For this we all owe Denis Mulcahy a debt of gratitude and 
     respect for his leadership and his dedication to the Irish 
     children, the innocent victims of so much violence and 
     hatred, over which they have no control.
       I am honored to present this American flag flown over our 
     beautiful Capitol along with this certificate by the 
     Architect of the Capitol in addition to this 20th anniversary 
     scrapbook, which we will fill with tributes to Denis during 
     Irish Heritage month.
       Congratulations, Denis, We sincerely thank you for your 
     magnanimous work. On behalf of the children of Northern 
     Ireland, all of us here this evening sincerely thank you for 
     your dedication . . . and all of us join in thanking Dinner 
     Chairperson Carol Wheeler for bringing us together this 
     evening for this worthy cause.
       Together we will work toward bringing about the peace that 
     these children, and the wonderful Emerald Isle, surely 
     deserve.

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