[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 69 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E917]
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                 IN MEMORY OF REV. DR. M. MORAN WESTON

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                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 23, 2002

  Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Rev. Dr. M. Moran 
Weston who passed away on May 18, 2002. Hardly a month went by when I 
did not hear his soothing baritone voice on the phone, teaching, 
encouraging, inspiring with his love and concern for our young people, 
for the elderly, for the poor and forgotten. I will miss him.
  The glowing notices in the press will only add to the historical 
record of the great rector of St. Philips. His name is already 
enshrined at St. Augustine's College and Columbia University. But those 
of us who knew him, who live in the neighborhoods he enriched, will 
forever be reminded of his contributions by just walking the streets of 
Harlem and Morningside Heights.
  He protested injustice, picketed and cajoled. But more than anything, 
he searched for solutions and achieved results. When the downtown banks 
refused our people credit, he founded and built Carver Federal Savings 
into a billion dollar banking institution. So no one would be left 
homeless, he built housing for seniors, for the mentally ill, and day 
care facilities for children. He lobbied Congress to make decent, 
affordable housing a right under the Constitution of the United States.
  A true man of God, the only credit he would humbly accept was having 
been blessed with a gift for encouraging others to action. But we know 
better, and we are indebted to Moran for his ideas, for his hard work 
and for his faith that with God nothing is impossible.
  With his beloved wife Miriam, and children Gregory and Katherine, and 
his family I share the pain of loss. But I am deeply grateful that God 
saw fit to place Moran with us for his long and bountiful life. His 
memory will be with us always.

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