[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E283]
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                          TRIBUTE TO FAY COHEN

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                           HON. BARNEY FRANK

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 6, 2001

  Mr. FRANK. Mr. Speaker, a very special person, Fay Cohen, is being 
honored by her friends and colleagues on the occasion of her retirement 
as aide to Massachusetts State Senator Cynthia Creem.
  Fay Cohen is special in many ways. She is a woman who has 
successfully balanced her professional life with years of volunteering 
for the causes she believed in. She is, indeed, a person with a special 
commitment to the democratic ideals we all espouse.
  Fay Cohen served her community as an elected official on the Newton, 
Massachusetts Board of Aldermen. She was a tireless campaigner for the 
Massachusetts Democratic Party, and for political candidates who went 
on to serve both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United 
States Congress. Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator John Kerry, former 
Congressman Robert Drinan, Governor Michael Dukakis, State Senator Lois 
Pines and I have all been the recipients of Fay Cohen's wisdom, 
dedication and hard work.
  Fay Cohen may be retiring from her professional career, but I know 
that I and others who have relied on Fay's political astuteness will 
never let her retire from being one of our cherished activists.

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