Senator Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009
Aug. 26th, 2009 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marinessJust woke up to the news everywhere that Senator Ted Kennedy has died of the brain tumor he was fighting.
I'm too young to remember any of his brothers, which makes it easy for me to make the statement that his long-term achievements ended up dwarfing theirs: guaranteed family leave; Occupational Health and Safety; COBRA insurance; the Mental Health Parity Act; the state childrens' health insurance program; and for me above all: the Americans With Disabilites Act.
Thank you, Senator.
I'm too young to remember any of his brothers, which makes it easy for me to make the statement that his long-term achievements ended up dwarfing theirs: guaranteed family leave; Occupational Health and Safety; COBRA insurance; the Mental Health Parity Act; the state childrens' health insurance program; and for me above all: the Americans With Disabilites Act.
Thank you, Senator.