[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: May 17, 1994]
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 ITALIAN-AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION FORMALLY AFFILIATES WITH 
                   THE ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA

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                      HON. JAMES A. TRAFICANT, JR.

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 17, 1994

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to 
commemorate and congratulate the recent formal alliance of a 
distinguished group of Italian-American uniformed secret service 
agents, whose duty it is to protect the President and Vice President of 
the United States and their families, as well as members of the 
diplomatic community, with the Order Sons of Italy in America [OSIA], 
the oldest and largest organization representing America's 23 million 
citizens of Italian heritage.
  This is an extremely important partnership which, among other things, 
underscores the strong involvement in and commitment to law enforcement 
on behalf of this Nation's Italian-Americans. OSIA and its Sons of 
Italy Foundation [SIF], in another notable example, is the largest, 
non-police/non-corporate contributor to the National Law Enforcement 
Officers Memorial [NLEOM] in Washington, DC. The NLEOM is dedicated to 
America's fallen law enforcement officers.
  Accordingly, I would like to commemorate in the Congressional Record 
the names of OSIA National President Joanne L. Strollo, OSIA National 
Executive Director Philip R. Piccigallo, and OSIA staff member Andrea 
K. Beach, for their role in sponsoring this partnership between OSIA 
and the national Italian-American law enforcement community; and I 
would like to congratulate the following elected officers of the newly 
formed Italian-American Law Enforcement Association [OSIA]: Camillo 
Mascio, president; Paul Verna, vice president; Jeffrey D'Alessio, 
secretary; Michael Adelizzio, treasurer; Robert Bonasia, trustee and 
Anthony Ferrara, trustee.
  Through this and other supportive acts, I am confident that OSIA, and 
its one-half million family members, will, as it has during its 
previous 89 years of existence, continue to demonstrate its total 
commitment to community, country, patriotic causes, and the rich 
culture it so proudly upholds.

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