[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 102 (Friday, July 20, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H4368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   ON THE DEATH OF FORMER WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHER KATHARINE GRAHAM

  (Mrs. MORELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, the city of Washington, the Nation, and 
the people around the world who appreciate an independent and vigorous 
free press lost a true pioneer this week when Katharine Graham, former 
publisher of The Washington Post, died at age 84.
  Much has been said over the past 3 days in praise of Katharine 
Graham. It is appropriate that we in Congress honor her passing, as 
well. But just as her legacy remains evident in the pages of the 
newspaper she dedicated her life to, her mark will long stand in the 
corridors of Congress and in the neighborhoods of the District of 
Columbia, her beloved hometown.
  Actually, she avoided the glare of celebrity status so often, but her 
listed charitable works, particularly in the realms of education and of 
the arts, helping to build a student center at Gallaudet University, 
giving an FM radio station to Howard University, helping to fund an 
auditorium for the Freer Gallery, establishing day care centers in 
otherwise neglected parts of the District of Columbia, and strongly 
supporting the Shakespeare Theater, and the arts, to name just a few, 
is long and impressive.
  She proved, first by her actions and then in her own words, that a 
woman could be a mother, a leader of industry, a friend, a 
philanthropist, and an artist, and all at the same time.
  Quite simply, Katharine Graham made The Washington Post what it is 
today: a wildly successful business and a powerful check on those of us 
in government. Her leadership enabled Kay Graham to evolve into the 
woman, the philanthropist, the patriot, the pioneer, whom we honor 
today.
  Her legacy remains, but Washington will not be the same without Kay 
Graham the person. She will be sorely missed.

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