[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 1, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1895-E1896]
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                          TRIBUTE TO TOBY ROTH

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                        HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 1, 1996

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a fellow 
classmate, colleague, and friend. Toby Roth came to this body in the 
same class as I did over 18 years ago. When we arrived in this House, 
our Nation faced unprecedented inflation and unemployment rates and a 
stagnating economy at home and faced an expanding and powerful Evil 
Empire of communism abroad. With the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, 
this economic slide and the rampant spread of communism began to turn. 
While I fought hard in this body to assist President Reagan in fighting 
the spread of communism around the world, Toby Roth was right at my 
side as we served many years together on the Foreign Affairs Committee. 
From his position on the Foreign Affairs Committee, Toby was 
instrumental in working to bring the Communist bear to its knees. The 
fact that democracy instead of communism is now breaking out all over 
this world in is large part due to the efforts of our colleague Toby 
Roth. America owes its gratitude to this man for his unswerving 
dedication.
  Toby has also served his country well in his defense and support of 
our English language. He has taken the inspirational words of Winston 
Churchill to heart when Churchill stated that ``the gift of a common 
language is a priceless inheritance.'' Toby's leadership on this issue 
has motivated many of us to stand up and recognize that as Toqueville 
said ``the tie of language is, perhaps the strongest and the most 
durable that can unite mankind.'' His dedication to principle, his love 
for his country, and his commitment to democracy enable me to proudly 
stand on this floor today and declare that he is my colleague and my 
friend. Statesmen of his character are why America

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deserves to be proud of our representative democracy and our hard-
earned freedom. America will miss Toby Roth in this body and I hope for 
our country's sake that Toby will return to Washington in the future to 
share with us his sage advice on those issues to which he holds so 
dear.

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