[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MR. MARTY BERGER

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 20, 2006

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life and 
contributions of Mr. Marty Berger, who died June 18, 2006.
  A board member of the Action Alliance of Senior Citizens of Greater 
Philadelphia and president of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired 
Americans, Mr. Berger was a man of action. In fact, he was a dynamic 
77-year-old man of action who inspired hundreds of labor, civil rights, 
women's rights and senior citizen activists.
  Because of Mr. Berger's efforts, senior citizens throughout 
Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania are coming together in increasing 
numbers in a common effort to address their own needs and influence the 
legislative process to affect social, political and economic change.
  All who knew him are saddened by the passing of Mr. Berger. But, I 
and those he worked so hard to empower will continue to struggle to 
make a better world for our senior citizens so they can live out their 
final years with justice and dignity.
  More than ever seniors need a powerful voice: to demand affordable, 
quality, and accessible health care for all senior citizens; to protect 
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid; and to ensure social and 
economic justice and full civil rights for our most vulnerable 
citizens. Mr. Berger's passing represents the loss of a powerful and 
committed voice, but his legacy of dedication continues, and it is for 
these reasons that I ask you and my other distinguished colleagues rise 
to honor him.




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