[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 112 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN HONOR OF JAMES T. MOLLOY

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 25, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor and remembrance of 
Mr. James T. Molloy, the former Doorkeeper for the U.S. House of 
Representatives.
  Mr. Molloy was born in South Buffalo on June 3, 1936, the son of 
Matthew Molloy (a Buffalo firefighter) and Catherine Hayden Molloy. He 
graduated from Bishop Timon High School and proceeded to work in 
waterfront grain elevators. He also joined the Buffalo Fire Department 
before continuing his education at Canisius College. Upon graduating, 
Mr. Molloy began teaching in Buffalo and Lackawanna, New York.
  Mr. Molloy was a member of the Erie County Democratic Party and later 
moved to Washington, DC, where he became the Chief Finance Officer of 
the House of Representatives. In 1974, he became the Doorkeeper of the 
House, a position that he would hold for the next 20 years. Throughout 
his tenure as doorkeeper, Mr. Molloy was able to make many friends in 
Washington, including Speaker Thomas O'Neill, Jr. and President Reagan. 
He was known around Washington as a ``Buffalo Guy.'' Tom Brokaw called 
him ``the pride of South Buffalo'' each year when he introduced Mr. 
Molloy as the President walked out for the State of the Union.
  Mr. Molloy has received many awards throughout his lifetime, 
including having a U.S. post office building on South Park Avenue named 
after him in 2006. He was also recognized by the New York AFL-CIO, the 
New York State Federation of Police and the United States Senate Youth 
Alumni Association.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring Mr. James T. 
Malloy, a man whose presence in Washington will be sorely missed.

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