[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E984]
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                       A TRIBUTE TO TERRI McNAIR

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                           HON. SUE W. KELLY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 4, 1996

  Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a true 
American hero. Terri McNair, a constituent of mine, is the living 
embodiment of the spirit of charity and giving that this Nation was 
built on. She has devoted her career, and much of her free time, to 
easing the pain and the burden on people who are less fortunate.
  As the volunteer president of the Community Center in Katonah, NY, 
Terri McNair coordinates an operation that provides food, clothing, 
literacy programs, career counseling, and most importantly, a helping 
hand and word of encouragement to needy people in my district and 
hometown. The Katonah Community Center is a place of refuge for many 
people, and she is a beacon of hope for those people who seek out this 
refuge.
  Terri McNair's commitment to the less fortunate does not end when she 
goes to her full-time job. She is a social worker who coordinates the 
Family Violence Program at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. As 
a social worker at New York's only maximum security women's prison, 
Terri McNair works with inmates who have been both the perpetrators and 
the victims of violence and she is in a key position to help these 
women stop this endless cycle of violence.
  For her commitment to making her community and our world a better 
place, I rise today to pay tribute to a woman whose commitment to the 
less fortunate is unmatched and whose charity and compassion is truly 
awe-inspiring. Terri McNair, on behalf of myself, my colleagues in the 
U.S. House of Representatives and all of the people whose lives you 
have touched, I want to offer you my most sincere thanks. Terri, you 
truly are an American hero.

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