[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 59 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E813-E814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION WEEK, MAY 3, 1998 TO MAY 9, 1998

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 12, 1998

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call to your attention the 
Paterson Task Force for Community Action, Inc.
  The Paterson Task Force is one of 27 Community Action Agencies in the 
State of New Jersey. From Sunday, May 3, 1998 to Saturday, May 9, 1998 
the Paterson Task Force will be observing National Community Action 
Week with a series of activities designed to help lower income people 
in the City of Paterson.
  The Paterson Task Force has increasingly assumed duties connected to 
maintaining the self-sufficiency of those who are unable to maintain 
themselves without public assistance. Members of the Paterson Task 
Force are also increasingly devoting themselves to helping move those 
already on public assistance to self-sufficiency and other non-welfare 
means of support.
  The Paterson Task Force has served the Paterson community since 1964 
in providing child care, housing, employment and training, and 
emergency assistance services. The task Force will continue to expand 
and improve these services to all low-income residents of the Paterson 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our colleagues, members of the 
Paterson Task Force for Community Action, the City of Paterson, and the 
State of New Jersey in recognizing

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the momentous occasion that is ``National Community Action Week,'' from 
Sunday, May 3, 1998 to Saturday, May 9, 1998. This proclamation is 
truly benefitting of the dedication and accomplishments of the members 
of the Paterson Task Force.

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