[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E76-E77]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MRS. ISABEL GREENWALD

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                           HON. PETER DEUTSCH

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 24, 1996

  Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep regret and great sadness 
that I announce the death of Mrs. Isabel Greenwald on January 23, 1996. 
I join the members of the Greenwald family, Isabel's many friends, and 
the greater south Florida community in mourning her loss. The passing 
of this dedicated individual brings to a close a life committed to 
serving others. I rise in order to share with my colleagues some 
information regarding this distinguished individual.
  Isabel was born in New York at the turn of the century. As an early 
signal of her commitment and drive to the community, she became one of 
the first female members of the New York State Bar Association. As an 
attorney in New York, she focused on protecting the rights of the 
family and preserving social justice.
  Mr. Speaker, upon moving to south Florida, Isabel immediately 
undertook a leadership role in her new community. In response to her 
neighborhood's need, she became president of the Sunrise Lakes Phase 
III Condominium Association. For 21 years, her immense dedication and 
hard work paid off and she was able to successfully lead one of largest 
condominium associations in Fort Lauderdale through the rapidly 
changing south Florida environment. She became the person everyone went 
to when they were seeking advice on a troubling issue.
  Upon her retirement as an attorney, Isabel undertook one of her 
greatest challenges by focusing her insatiable amounts of energy to 
helping out the neediest in her community. She began an organization of 
retired attorneys that provided pro bono legal services to the 
community and she lobbied Congress to pass legislation that would 
provide affordable housing for the elderly. This untiring effort just 
recently came to fruition as the Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995 
was recently enacted into law. In all of these endeavors, she 
approached her goals with the highest level of commitment and 
dedication.
  During her lifetime, Isabel Greenwald earned the respect and 
admiration of her colleagues and others throughout the community. She 
was a social activist whose stature rests upon a lifetime of commitment 
to service, social justice, equality, and opportunity for all people. 
Those of us who knew her loved her deeply. She was a woman of intellect 
and dignity, a guiding light of the community, and she was very special 
to all who knew her. She will be impossible to replace and we will miss 
her very much.

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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. MAXINE WATERS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 24, 1996

  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, due to pressing personal business, I was 
unable to vote on the conference report on S. 1124, the Department of 
Defense Authorization bill.
  Although this conference report did make important changes from the 
version which was vetoed by President Clinton, there remain serious 
policy issues such as the proposed restrictions of overseas abortion 
and the language requiring the discharge of HIV-positive personnel, 
about which I continue to have serious concerns. As such, had I been 
present, I would have voted ``no''.

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