[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8869]
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                       THE DEATH OF MOTHER TERESA

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I have just been notified about the death 
of Mother Teresa. I think I speak for all of the Members of the Senate, 
and I know that I speak for all of the members of my family and the 
people of Massachusetts that feel a sense of loss with Mother Teresa. 
She was really an extraordinary, inspirational, spiritual person whose 
life was devoted to others. She was a woman of enormous tenderness, 
gentleness, faith, and spirituality.
  I had the chance to visit with her in Calcutta in the late 1970's and 
was first exposed to her extraordinary work with the homeless and 
destitute in that community. I saw how she was able to minister unto 
the poorest of the poor in ways that were absolutely inspiring, in 
terms of her gentleness and in terms of her capacity for caring. Anyone 
whose life she touched will never forget her. She was really a very, 
very special person. This world is a better world because of her life. 
I know that all Americans will feel deeply about the loss of Mother 
Teresa. I just hope that we will all say a prayer for her. Thank you 
very much.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DeWine). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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