[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  DEDICATION TO MR. BERNARD HOLLANDER

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                       HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA

                           of american samoa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 6, 2001

  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to place in the record a 
letter to the Washington Post published on February 14, 2001, which 
cites the dedicated service of Mr. Bernard Hollander for 51 years in 
the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. I want to 
note that the long and distinguished career of Mr. Hollander includes 
two important contributions to American Samoa.
  In the 1960's, Mr. Hollander prosecuted an antitrust case which 
opened up the petroleum storage facilities in American Samoa to 
multiple suppliers, thus bringing the benefits of competition in fuel 
supply to our economy. The court decree requiring open access to our 
petroleum market remains in place, and Mr. Hollander continues to 
represent the United States in the case.
  Mr. Hollander was also instrumental in opening the American Samoa 
market to competition in long-haul air service. Acting as special 
counsel to the Governor of American Samoa, Mr. Hollander participated 
in proceedings before the Civil Aeronautics Board which authorized 
competition in U.S. air service to our territory. Prior to that case, 
only one airline was authorized to provide service connecting American 
Samoa with Hawaii and the U.S. mainland.
  I am pleased to note for the record the service of Mr. Bernard 
Hollander to American Samoa. We wish him many years of good health and 
good work.

                           Legends of Justice

       As a Jan. 30 news story reported, the Justice Department's 
     eminent tax lawyer, Ernest Brown, has retired at age 94 after 
     30 years of service.
       But Bernard Hollander, another Justice Department legend at 
     age 85 and a former student of Ernest Brown's at Harvard Law 
     School, continues to work in the department's antitrust 
     division as he has for 51 years.
       The public is fortunate to have the benefit of lawyers as 
     talented and dedicated as Ernest Brown and Bernard Hollander.
                                              Robert B. Nicholson,
                                                      Chevy Chase.

     

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