Speaker. it is with mixed feelings that I pay tribute today to our colleague. the distinguished Representative of the 14th District of New York. JOHN ROONEY. On the one hand. I am happy that he will be enjoying a wellearned retirement life at the end of this Congress. but on the other hand. he will be greatly missed in these Halls. Born to immigrant parents. representing an ethnically diversified district similar to my own. I know of his interest in the multicultural matters that abound in our Nation. and of his many efforts in behalf of the preservation of our ethnic heritage. A conscientious and dedicated repre-
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