[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY FOR EFFORTS IN 
     FUNDRAISING TO BENEFIT THE HEROES AND VICTIMS OF SEPTEMBER 11

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                            HON. MARK FOLEY

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 1, 2001

  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I come to the well of the House to 
congratulate the many people whose hard work and sacrifice resulted in 
a series of successful concerts to benefit the heroes and victims of 
the September 11th tragedies.
  Last month, the music and entertainment worlds joined forces to raise 
funds to help those affected by the September 11th tragic events. On 
October 20th, Madison Square Garden hosted ``The Concert for New York 
City.'' On October 21st, a second all-star benefit concert, ``United We 
Stand,'' was held here in our nation's capital while a third concert, 
``The Country Freedom Concert'' was hosted in Nashville.
  These three concerts raised well over $20 million in ticket sales, 
viewer pledges, and other donations. Proceeds from these shows will 
benefit the American Red Cross, the Pentagon Relief Fund, the Salvation 
Army and the Robin Hood Relief Fund.
  This weekend of concerts joined many of the world's greatest 
performers with Clear Channel Entertainment to raise money in support 
of the recovery efforts from the September 11 attacks. These concerts 
in New York, Washington and Nashville featured appearances by Billy 
Joel, Paul McCartney, Bono, Elton John, the Backstreet Boys, James 
Taylor, Michael Jackson, NSYNC, Eric Clapton, James Brown, Ricky 
Martin, John Mellencamp, Marc Anthony, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, Tim 
McGraw, Vince Gill, George Strait and countless others.
  These concerts offered America another chance to help in our recovery 
efforts and national healing. I am proud to join these individuals in 
standing up for America. I urge my colleagues and all Americans to 
watch the rebroadcast of the ``United We Stand'' concert tonight on ABC 
at 8 pm EST. Finally, I support this effort and commend the efforts of 
those in the music and entertainment community for their efforts.

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