[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: March 17, 1994]
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                REMEMBER THE PEOPLE OF NORTHERN IRELAND

  (Mr. BLUTE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLUTE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to wish a happy St. Patrick's 
Day to my constituents in Massachusetts, and say that today, many of us 
will celebrate our Irish heritage by wearing green, eating some corned 
beef and cabbage, and may be even having a few Irish stouts at the 
local pub.
  But as we get together with friends and family to rejoice and revel, 
let us take time for just a minute. Let us take time out to remember 
the people of Northern Ireland who today--like every day--must confront 
the violence that ravages their provinces. Violence that takes the 
lives of or maims for life thousands of sons and daughters of Ireland.
  But let us also take time out for hope, hope grounded in the belief 
that prospects for peace are much better this St. Patrick's Day than 
last and hope renewed by the fact that the United States is starting to 
play an increasing role in bringing that peace to Northern Ireland.
  Too many have died and too many have had their lives destroyed. Take 
a moment to think of them--and what you as an American can do to help--
sometime during this St. Patrick's Day.

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