[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14082]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        FATHER PETER COLAPIETRO

  (Mr. SWEENEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SWEENEY. Mr. Speaker, it is indeed a pleasure to welcome Father 
Peter Colapietro, Pastor of the Holy Cross Church located in New York 
City's Hell's Kitchen.
  Mr. Speaker, Father Peter has participated in a number of capacities, 
including having been with Holy Cross Church for the past 8 years.
  Father Peter Colapietro is a very accomplished man, and I would like 
to just highlight a few of those accomplishments for Members of the 
House.
  In 1992, he was appointed as member of the Mayor Citizens' Committee 
for Midtown. He has served in several capacities as chaplain in New 
York City departments and continues to serve a wide variety of our 
citizens, including serving as chaplain these days in the Department of 
Sanitation.
  In addition, Father Colapietro was the president of the 
Washingtonville Neighborhood Association, chairman and cofounder of the 
Washingtonville Housing Partners, Incorporated, and a board member of 
both the Narcotics Guidance Council and Larchmont Mamaroneck Student 
Aid Fund.
  Father Peter is a friend, a fellow New Yorker, a priest of the 
street, a priest of the people and comfortable in any situation, as we 
can tell today. It has been a pleasure to have him here, and I welcome 
his participation today.

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