[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 156 (Thursday, December 2, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H7859]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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       CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOTHER TERESA'S BIRTH

  (Mr. FORTENBERRY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, on August 26, 2010, the world began the 
year-long celebration of the centenary of the birth of Mother Teresa, 
the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa's enduring legacy of 
humility and sacrifice has been heralded across cultures and in many 
languages throughout the world. And just earlier this year, the United 
States Postal Service created this stamp in commemoration of Mother 
Teresa's life's work.
  Mother Teresa worked among the poor in conditions that would weaken 
the hardiest. Yet she stood with strength before presidents, kings, and 
queens. She saved lives and gave countless thousands hope, hope for the 
leper, hope for the expectant mother who had been abandoned by family 
and community, hope for the orphaned child who only wanted a helping 
heart and a home, hope for the indigent poor who sought a meal and 
belonging.
  The United States Congress honored Mother Teresa with a U.S. 
Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. And as we commemorate the 100th 
anniversary of her birth, I urge my colleagues to join me in again 
uplifting Mother Teresa's life's work, especially during this time when 
the world is yearning for meaning.

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