My dad passed away earlier this year and MICKEY wrote me a beautiful personal letter expressing his condolences and about his Joy at meeting my father. After I became a Member of Congress. I had the opportunity to have many discussions with MICKEY about issues in which we shared an interest. He wanted to know about my work with the World YMCA Refugee and Rehabilitation Committee and UNICEF and my visits to Ethiopia. particularly during the drought of 1973. We talked about efforts to address hunger in the Sudan. The last time I spoke with him before we left for the August recess. the topic of discussion was the plight of Ethiopian Jews.