[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 142 (Wednesday, September 13, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1773-E1774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                TRIBUTE TO WOMEN'S CONFERENCE ATTENDEES

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                       HON. BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 13, 1995
  Miss COLLINS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased today to pay 
tribute to women around the world, from Africa to China, from America 
to South America, who recently attended the women's conference in 
Beijing. I want to pay special tribute to one of my constituents, Ms. 
Maryann Mahaffey, president of the Detroit City Council, and one of the 
participants in this important conference. I want to commend Ms. 
Mahaffey's leadership in this historic forum, where women of every 
economic and political stature jointed to focus world attention on 
issues that matter most in the lives of women and their families.
  Regrettably, I was unable to participate in the Beijing conference, 
but I have every confidence that the city of Detroit, where my 
congressional district is located, and the State of Michigan, were very 
ably represented with Ms. Mahaffey's superior leadership.
  I want to also commend the extraordinary contribution of our First 
Lady, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, without whom the conference would 
have been tragically incomplete.

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  To Mrs. Clinton: Our Nation and our world are better indeed for the 
enormous attention and unquestionable commitment that you have brought 
to such basic issues as health care, child care, better access to 
credit, and educational and business opportunities for women of all 
nationalities. Your quiet dignity and genuine concern serve as an 
inspiration to women of every community and every background, and 
thanks to your very personal efforts, women are being elevated around 
the world to first-class citizenship.
  I applaud the noble commitment of these two exceptional women, and 
their capacity to elevate the plight of women to such grand 
proportions.


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