[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 23147]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   BULLENTINI COMFORT QUILTS PROJECT

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, September 11 of course was a day of tragedy 
where thousands of Americans lost their lives, and some of the youngest 
victims of this heinous attack were the children who lost one or both 
parents in the disaster. Today, I am proud to announce that a resident 
of Reno, Nevada, is spearheading a project to benefit these children 
facing a world without one, either a mother or a father from this 
disaster.
  Ms. Debby Bullentini, a former fifth grade teacher, has begun the 
Comfort Quilts Project, a project to provide the children with a 
special hand-made quilt made up of patches from all over the country. 
Every Member of this Chamber can help by signing an individual patch 
for the quilts which will be distributed to the 10 to 15,000 children 
who lost one or both parents on September 11.
  I have encouraged every Member of Congress to visit any office or 
call at 100 Cannon and take a few minutes to sign a patch like this one 
to show that we do care about these children, and I wish we could do 
more to ease the pain of these children who are the youngest victims of 
this terrorist attack.

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