[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



               TRIBUTE TO SENATOR DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 19, 1999, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) is 
recognized during morning hour debates for 2 minutes.
  Mr. RANGEL. Two minutes, Mr. Speaker, how do you talk about Patrick 
Moynihan in 2 minutes? It would take 2 minutes to thank Liz for 
allowing you to do all the wonderful things that you have been able to 
do:
  Only in America. It makes us so proud, those of us that come from the 
great State of New York, to know that someone that could attend a high 
school like Ben Franklin, know Hell's Kitchen, know what it is like to 
shine shoes and work on the docks, and at the same time, be able to 
reach the intellectual heights that you have done, not just for New 
Yorkers or the Senate, but for America. It gives hope to everybody in 
this country, but especially throughout the world, to show that when 
one is given an opportunity, that maybe they cannot reach the same 
heights that you have, but it is possible to do it in the United States 
of America.
  Your eloquence and wit, combined with your ability to defy party 
labels, whether it is liberal or conservative, you have always been 
able to do and to say and to be appreciated for what is good for the 
country. And whether we are talking about Kennedy or Johnson or Nixon 
or Ford, Presidents have been smart enough to know that when you are 
talking about Patrick Moynihan, you are not talking partisanship; but 
you are talking sound policy for our great country.
  It has been said that New Yorkers have a little more self-esteem than 
we need. It has been said that those that are on the Senate Finance 
Committee or the Committee on Ways and Means walk with swaggers. And 
even though most Members really do not deserve that label, when we know 
that we are honored to include among our body someone of such esteem as 
you, then we should be allowed to walk a little taller.
  Elizabeth, thank you for what you have done for our great country. We 
look forward to working with you, no matter what both of you decide to 
do later. God bless.

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