[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 23, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H7157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    INTRODUCTION OF STEPHEN F. LYNCH, NEW MEMBER FROM MASSACHUSETTS

  (Mr. MARKEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor and welcome Stephen Lynch to 
the high office of United States Representative. I want my colleagues 
to know that we are welcoming into our midst a man who from day one 
embodies the history, the purpose and the mission of the people's 
House. He learned the value of hard work and pride and accomplishment 
by joining his father as an ironworker in Local Number 7. He learned 
the value of service from a mother who earned a living as a postal 
clerk.
  He rose from the housing projects of South Boston to work his way 
through college and Boston College Law School. While ``climbing iron,'' 
Stephen was elected the youngest president in the history of 
Ironworkers Local Number 7. He then served proudly in the Massachusetts 
State House representing South Boston, first in the State House of 
Representatives and then in the Massachusetts State Senate.
  His combination of thoughtful listening and forceful leadership in 
the bubbling, boiling caldron of Massachusetts State politics has 
earned him the broad and deep respect of everyone with whom he has come 
into contact. Indeed, in this election he received the endorsement of 
the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald, a heretofore impossible task in 
Massachusetts politics.
  The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch) is going to succeed Joe 
Moakley. Stephen has said if he could fill even one of Joe Moakley's 
big shoes, he would be happy to do that. It is a gracious remark that 
demonstrates the profound appreciation the gentleman has for the work 
that Joe Moakley did here throughout his lifetime.
  Joe Moakley in turn replaced John McCormack as the Congressman from 
South Boston. In electing Steve, we have picked someone at this 
uncommon time with the talent and the courage which this country is 
going to need in order to surmount the challenges which face us in the 
years ahead.
  Mr. Speaker, I give my colleagues the new, great Congressman from the 
city of Boston, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Lynch).

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