. >> this dove was given to me by leah rabin, who is the widow of prime minister rabin, who has beensis nated. >> reporter: some of her most precious pins came from everyday people like that one from new orleans. the two am thets represent two purple hearts. >> aud of a sudden a young man came up to me with a box and he said "my father is sitting over there, he's a d-day veteran and my mother died as a result of katrina. my father had given her this pin for their 50th wedding anniversary and we think that she would want you to have it." and i kind of... i was undone. i really was undone. >> reporter: for secretary albright, the pins are more than the materials they're made of as she broke the glass ceiling-- and, of course, she has a pin far, too-- she broke the ice with foreign ministers and paved the way for her sister secretaries condoleezza rice and hillary clinton. >> my seven-year-old granddaughter said to her mother "so what was the big deal about grandma mahdi being secretary of state? only girls are secretaries of state." and in her lifetime, except for a little bit of colin

to my amazement, his widow, leah rabin, invited us to their apartment the next day. so strong. >> do you in any way blame the mainstream opposition, the conservatives, the likud party? >> yes. surely i blame. if you ever heard their speeches in the knesset you would understand what i mean. we are sending the country down the drain. there will be no israel after this peace agreement. i mean, this was not right. >> reporter: years later another memorable interview, far different subject. >> did you bet on baseball? >> yes, i did. and that was my mistake, not coming clean a lot earlier. i owe baseball. baseball don't owe me a damn thing. i owe baseball. >> reporter: columbine, 1999. >> once again a massacre in a small-town high school. >> when they first came in they said all the jocks please stand up. and nobody stood up. >> did it take a minute to sink in what was happening? >> i was froze. i couldn't move at all. >> reporter: and years later it was a college campus, virginia tech. >> and how would you describe his facial expression and his demeanor? >> he was blank.

leah rabine, wife of slain prime minister of israel, and dr. mohammed zaid, the highest islamic law in egypt. glenn, his family, neighbors, friends, community will truly miss him. may he rest in peace. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. rush, for five minutes. mr. rush: i ask unanimous consent to address the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. rush: mr. speaker, earlier this month some of our darkest fears came to light. as parents and mentors of young children, we were horrified to hear and read about news allegations of a sexual abuse scandal involving the penn state university football program. in piecing the news together, there were clues and red flags along the way suggesting that the allegations are regrettably and probably true. based on what is known now, it is also not inconceivable that the horrible actions alleged to have occurred at penn state could have just as easily occurred at any other major collegiate sports pro