[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 64 (Friday, May 20, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 20, 1994]
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  CONDOLENCES TO THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I join with Members of the House of 
Representatives, on both sides of the aisle in extending our deepest 
condolences to the friends and family of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
  In 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy's steadfast strength and courage, perhaps 
more than anything else during that fateful week, led this Nation 
through a tragic episode in American history. Over the years, her 
dignity in crisis became a symbol of our national character; and her 
elegance and style changed the look of America.
  Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis combined intellectualism with social 
tradition--professionalism with style and grace--and created, perhaps 
ahead of her time, a standard for contemporary American women.
  Few people have such a profound impact on their time as did 
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Her dignity, elegance, and courage are 
forever etched in our collective memory as part of a unique period in 
American history that reflected the best of what we are as a nation, 
and who we are as a people. Generations to come will remember her as a 
standard of American culture and character.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe I speak for every Member of this House when I 
say that we join the Nation in mourning Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and 
remembering what she meant to this Nation.

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