[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 20, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H1008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CELEBRATING 90TH BIRTHDAY OF DOROTHY HEIGHT, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF 
                    NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of the 
90th birthday of Dorothy Height. We will be celebrating this wonderful 
event tonight. She is the President and CEO of the National Council of 
Negro Women. She grew up under the tutelage of Mary McCleod Bethune and 
is a member of my great sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 
Incorporated, and I am so pleased to stand up.
  But, see, Dorothy Height would want me to stand on the floor today 
and talk about a what? He said a balanced budget? This is not a 
balanced budget. I cannot believe the man even had the nerve to stand 
there and say that. Balanced budget on the back of seniors who need 
Social Security, and Dorothy Height, a 90-year-old woman, needs Social 
Security. Balanced on the backs of seniors who need Medicare. Dorothy 
Height needs Medicare. Balanced on the back of seniors who need 
housing. Fortunately, Dorothy Height has housing.
  Mr. Speaker, give me a break. Balanced budget? I do not even believe 
he had the nerve to let those words come out of his mouth. We are 
balancing it on the back of the senior citizens who need it most.

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