[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 35 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E354-E355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             COMMENDING DOCTORS RUSS, RUSSANO, AND SHERMAN

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                        HON. WILLIAM J. MARTINI

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 14, 1996

  Mr. MARTINI. Mr. Speaker, true happiness dwells in activity, both 
physical and spiritual. Joy, pleasure, satisfaction, delight, all the 
elements of true happiness, reside in doing the right things well. For 
a select few, the right thing to do is to serve a community in 
distress.
  Despite the myriad problems that plague many of New Jersey's major 
cities, the dentists of the Downtown Dental Center have

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stubbornly clung to their inner city practice for the past 25 years. I 
applaud Doctors Leo Russ, Robert Russano, and Stephen Sherman for their 
collective sense of loyalty to the people of Paterson, NJ as well as 
their unwavering perseverance to do a job well. These men invest in 
their community, flourish in their practice, and help others to live 
better, healthier lives.
  Benjamin Franklin made the exultation to ``work while it is called 
today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One 
today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you 
can do today.'' The doctors of Downtown Dental take this truism to 
heart. They see more than 200 patients a day with no required 
appointment 6 days a week. With this miraculous resolve and constancy, 
the doctors of Downtown Dental perform a genuinely needed service to 
the people of Paterson. Indeed, Leo Russ, Robert Russano, and Stephen 
Sherman have never waited for someone else to do the job.
  Life's greatest joys are found in what one does with one's life. And, 
Doctors Russ, Russano, and Sherman should be admired for the great work 
they are doing with their lives. With Downtown Dental, the character of 
the work has become inseparable from the character of the men doing the 
work. Their loyalty to the people of Paterson endures every assault and 
it does not cringe under pressure.
  I congratulate the doctors of the Downtown Dental Center as they 
challenge all of us to take up the task of helping others. Those who 
have missed the joy of working on behalf of others have certainly 
missed something very special. Thank you Doctors Russ, Russano, and 
Sherman for your true, honest, and willing labor.

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