June 5, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE S7709 

United States Marine Corps Major Samuel 

Delgado, military liaison for Haiti’s second 

largest city, and Marist College graduate, 

class of 1977. 

United States Marine Corps Major Mario 

Labpaix, interpreter and military liaison for 

Haiti’s largest city, and Marist College graduate, class of 1978. 

And former assistant commissioner of the 

New York City Police Department, Paul J. 

Browne, the deputy director of the international police monitors in Haiti, and Marist 

College graduate, class of 1971. 

They are three reasons who our mission in 

Haiti was a success. And if the President of 

the United States called again tomorrow and 

asked me for three good men, I’d call 

Delgado, Lapaix and Browne. And if the 

President of the United States called tomorrow and asked me for three hundred good 

men and women, I’d call the Marist College 

placement office. 

Professor Lavin described it as an ‘‘uncanny coincidence.’’ But I’m not so sure. It 

should be no surprise that the tenets of ethics and of public service rooted in the Marist 

tradition and carried forward in its classrooms emerge in its graduates, just when the 

world needs them most. 

I urge the class of 95 to hold fast to those 

tenets, and to make ethical conduct and 

service to your fellow human beings the hallmarks of whatever careers await you. America, and the world, sorely need both. America 

and the world also need people who will 

stand on principle. And, uphold in their daily 

lives the values that this institution believes 

in. 

My advice to the class of 95 is: Tell the 

truth, be loyal to your friends, but not blind 

to their failings, and set a standard of ethical conduct for yourselves and to be true to 

it no matter what. 

Whatever perceived advantage in your personal or public life is sacrificed by doing the 

right thing is not worth attaining if it means 

compromising what you believe in. 

One other thing: I have never made a career decision based on money, and I have 

never regretted it. I can see all of you with 

loan payments cringing. But I mean it. Simply put, money is overrated. America has 

plenty of money and plenty of money makers, what it needs is idealists. 

I urge class of 95 to be Ameria’s new idealists. 

Somewhere between Dallas, Vietnam and 

Watergate, our idealism was shattered. 

Idealism was the great casuality of my generation. It need not be yours. 

America needs new, energetic voices to 

counter the current wisdom that says all 

government is suspect. The class of 95 should 

be that voice. 

America needs a conscience that counters 

the lie that the poor are responsible for their 

own plight. The class of 95 should be that 

conscience. 

America needs the confidence to refute the 

proposition that self interest should come 

before all other interests. The class of 95 

should have that confidence. 

There is also a disturbing manifesto of government mistrust abroad in the land. It is 

embraced by a radical fringe that is not prepared to die for its cause but ready to kill for 

it. But it is not embraced by the radicals 

alone. It is espoused by newcomers to leadership who say they are drawn to government 

for the principal purpose of dismantling it. It 

has also given rise to a new mean-spiritedness and a new cynicism; one that casts a 

cold eye on the plight of the poor and the aspirations of minorities and immigrants. And 

it has given rise to a new isolationism which 

would confine American foreign policy to the 

dark parameters of narrow self interest. 

All of this suspicious introspection is unbecoming of the American character. 

Americans are, by nature, generous and optimistic and we need to reclaim our heritage. 

You need to reclaim it. 

I was recently told about a retired General 

Electric employee who had immigrated to 

the United States from the Ukraine during 

World War Two. He came, by way of Russia, 

by way of Germany, by way of France. He 

was a refugee. Along the way he met American soldiers, the first Americans he had ever 

seen. He said the Americans were fundamentally different from him and from everyone 

he had ever known. 

The Americans were full of hope. They 

were full of optimism and idealism. They 

laughed easily and looked to the future. He 

knew no one like them. They were 

unencumbered by the old European notions 

of family position, of wealth, of status. They 

were free of the elitism that held so many 

people back. He said he saw the Americans 

as ‘‘a new tribe,’’ completely and irresistibly 

different from his experience, and he desperately wanted to be a member of the tribe. 

That was 50 years ago. But the world still 

sees Americans in much the same way. In 

Haiti, we were welcomed as liberators by the 

poorest people in the Western Hemisphere. 

The graffiti on the walls in Port-Au-Prince 

said: ‘‘Americans, please stay in Haiti for 50 

years.’’

American self-interest was served in Haiti, 

certainly as it applied to curtaining the flow 

of illegal immigration into the United 

States. But we also went to Haiti because it 

was the right thing to do. We put our might 

were our mouth was. We fed the hungry. We 

saved lives. We routed the bullies, and rescued fellow human beings from despots. We 

restored democracy. We treated some of the 

poorest people in the world with great dignity, which was a completely new experience 

for them. 

We need to practice that charity at home, 

and not be afraid to remain engaged abroad. 

America needs you to do that. America needs 

optimists. It needs idealists. America needs 

the class of 95 to be engaged in the world. 

If your country asks you to serve, say yes. 

If it doesn’t ask, volunteer. 

We need to have the kind of faith in ourselves that the world has in America. 

We need Americans who believe, as President Kennedy did, that ‘‘Here on Earth, 

God’s work must truly be our own.

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’’∑ 

CONGRATULATING SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 1995 NCAA LACROSSE 

CHAMPIONS 

∑ Mr. D’AMATO. Mr. President, I rise 

toady to pay tribute to our Nation’s 

1995 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Champions, 

the Orangemen of Syracuse University. 

I am particularly proud both as a New 

Yorker and as an alumnus of both the 

university and its law school. 

Last Monday, before a crowd of over 

26,000, the Orange bested the Maryland 

Terrapins—who enjoyed a home field 

advantage—by a score of 13–9 to win 

the collegiate title. This victory was a 

fitting tribute to the memory of the 

late Roy Simmons, Sr.—the father of 

SU Coach Roy Simmons, Jr., and the 

legend of Syracuse lacrosse—to whom 

the Orangemen had dedicated their season. The victory for Syracuse marks 

the sixth time that the Orange have 

won the national championship and a 

record 13th straight trip to the final 

four. 

The young men of the Syracuse University lacrosse team have a lot to be 

proud of in this victory. It is the 

crowning achievement in this arduous 

sport demonstrating that a commitment to teamwork and excellence do 

pay off. This is especially true among 

the upperclassmen who could have 

rested on their 1993 championship laurels. By example, their hard work to 

get back on top will be carried on by 

SU teams for years to come. A tradition of winning has been maintained, 

and it is a tradition that I believe future Syracuse teams will sustain. 

We can all be proud of the accomplishment of these young men. They 

have risen to claim top honors in this 

demanding sport without sacrificing 

their academic standards. Mr. President, once again, I salute our Nation’s 

NCAA Lacrosse Champions, the Syracuse University Orangemen.

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THE EVERYBODY WINS PROGRAM 

∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, this 

spring on Capitol Hill an exiting literacy program began with the help of 

Senators and Senate staff. The children 

at Brent Elementary School are now 

being read to once a week during their 

lunch hours by volunteers in the Everybody Wins Program. Everybody 

Wins is a successful literacy program 

which matches up professionals with 

at-risk, inner-city school children as 

reading partners. 

During each power lunch session, the 

reading partners select a book and read 

aloud together—an activity that the 

Commission on Reading calls the single most important activity for building a child’s eventual success in reading. 

Dr. Frances Plummer, the principal 

of Brent Elementary School, has been 

instrumental in making this program a 

success. Dr. Plummer, a native Washingtonian, attended the D.C. schools, 

from kindergarten through receiving 

her B.S. degree from D.C. Teachers College. She then went on to earn a masters degree and doctorate of education 

from George Washington University. 

Her career has included being a teacher 

and assistant principal in the Washington D.C. public schools before going 

on to become the principal of the Brent 

Elementary School. 

Dr. Plummer’s philosophy is ‘‘Teach 

each child at your school as you would 

want your own child taught.’’ I, along 

with my colleagues who are participating in the program would like to 

commend Dr. Plummer’s patience, hard 

work, and a lifetime of dedication to 

the children that she serves.

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ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 

1995 

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate 

completes its business today it stand in 

recess until the hour of 9:15 a.m., on 

Tuesday, June 6, 1995, that following 

the prayer, the Journal of proceedings 

be deemed approved to date, the time 

for the two leaders be reserved for their 

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