[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: November 29, 1994]
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                 TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSWOMAN HELEN BENTLEY

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                       HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 29, 1994

  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to our 
colleague, Helen Bentley, who is leaving office this year after five 
highly successful terms serving Maryland's Second District.
  Helen has been an influential voice in Congress, battling for the 
American worker, an improved manufacturing base, and an upgraded 
maritime industry, as well as addressing a variety of other key issues 
facing the Nation.
  From her first day as a Member of this body, Helen has focused 
strongly on the development of the Baltimore port, which she has 
understandably viewed as a key to the economic betterment of that great 
city. Helen has been such an effective advocate for the port that it 
has sometimes been referred to as her child. One of her major 
accomplishments was to win the long battle to have the port dredged. A 
few years ago, she helped in another way. When a bitter strike erupted 
at the port, she was asked to serve as a mediator. She worked 
tirelessly to bring the sides together, and succeeded--thanks in part 
to the respect she commands from both labor and management.
  Helen has served effectively as a member of the Public Works, 
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Budget Committees, and, most 
recently, as a member of the Appropriations Committee.
  All the time, she has justifiably won praise for her constituent 
service--fighting ceaselessly for the residents of the Second District.
  On a personal basis, I will miss Helen dearly. She has been a friend, 
and adviser--in fact, my mentor these past 8 years. This body will be 
the poorer in her absence. I join my colleagues in wishing her and her 
husband, Bill, continued success in their future endeavors.

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