[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          MS. BARBARA BALDWIN

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, last week Rhode Islanders learned some sad 
news. We learned that one of our community's leading and most respected 
activists is leaving our State for a new position in Tennessee. We will 
miss Barbara Baldwin, the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood of 
Rhode Island for the last 9 years, when she leaves Rhode Island at the 
end of May.
  It is often said that everyone in Rhode Island knows everyone else in 
Rhode Island. That's almost true--we are a small State and it is 
relatively easy to get to know people who become active in the State 
and in their communities. But Barbara made an immediate mark on Rhode 
Island when she arrived here in 1987. And since then she had led 
Planned Parenthood with dignity, serenity, courage, and energy. She is 
totally dedicated to ensuring quality health care to women, and is 
wholly committed to preserving reproductive rights.
  Barbara has also been an important political adviser and friend to me 
over these last 9 years, and to many other government officials and 
politicians. But mostly, she has been a leader for the women of Rhode 
Island, and has gained the respect of both those who share her views 
and those who don't.
  Rhode Islanders will miss Barbara, and we wish her well in her move 
to Tennessee. But we want her to know that the door to our State will 
always be open to her, and we hope that some day she will return.

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