On the recordSeptember 19, 2000
I come to the floor as a fourth generation Washingtonian to pay tribute to a great New Yorker and a great American. Actually, I was a New Yorker. I was Chair of the New York City Human Rights Commission and I was the executive assistant to Mayor John Lindsey. The Senator introduced me when I was nominated to be the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. But I come this morning because Washingtonians would want me to come and other Americans would want me to come to thank the Senator for what he has done for the Nation's Capital, and, therefore, for his country. As an African American, I also thank him for the prescient role he played in pointing out difficulties in the black family, a position that has now been embraced by black leadership themselves. The lasting monument of this great man, I must say to you, for this city and the country, is surely his work in resurrecting Pennsylvania Avenue.
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