Political Quotes

“I have the privilege of being a lifelong Vermonter, as were my parents and my brother and sister. All Vermonters realize that in a small State like ours, it takes the dedication and hard work of very special and talented people to make our State great. I will take a moment as a proud brother to mention one such person, my younger sister, Mary Leahy. Mary's work with adult basic education and teaching and her ability to give adults who have not had the capability to read a newfound ability is profound. It is impossible to calculate the number of lives she has dramatically improved in our State through her work. I still carry the memory of watching a grandfather with tears in his eyes, as he read a simple child's book to his grandchild. He then told me that he had never been able to read to his child, the grandchild's parent, but at least in his later years he could read to the grandchild. I thought what a gift. I thought again of Mary as I read an article printed in a number of our media in Vermont, written by Nancy Graff, about this part of Mary's career. I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the Record at this point. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From VTDigger.org, Dec. 28, 2014] In This State: For Mary Leahy, Literacy Goes Beyond Reading (By Nancy Graff) Several miles up a dirt road in Marshfield, Mary Leahy's driveway swings up a modest rise on the right.…”