Mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize the honorable achievement of a good friend and fellow IrishAmerican. Tom Tracy. Tom recently received the 1996 Distinguished Leadership Award by the American Ireland Fund. The award acknowledges an American of Irish heritage whose lifetime accomplishments personify the spirit of the Irish immigrants who contributed to making our Nation the greatest in the history of mankind. I am especially proud of Tom because I share his Irish roots. I value my ancestry because it has given me a feeling of being connected to a long history of a people In love with life.
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