January 29, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 18 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING JOEL SCHRIER

  (Ms. SCHRIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHRIER. Madam Speaker, today is different because today I would 
like to honor my father, Joel Schrier, who celebrates his 80th birthday 
this weekend.
  He grew up in the Bronx in a one-bedroom apartment with his parents 
and his three siblings, including his twin sister, Gloria, who will 
also celebrate this weekend.
  He went on to study physics and work as an aerospace engineer, marry 
my mom, Joan, in 1964, and be a phenomenal father to my brother, Marc, 
and me. He was engaged and involved in our upbringing at a time when 
most fathers weren't. He taught me to bike and skate, showed me how to 
make the best French toast from Friday night challah, and inspired me 
to study physics. When I was diagnosed with diabetes, he helped me with 
shots and checking my blood sugar levels. Weekends were always for 
family. And for that, mom, Marc, and I are deeply grateful.
  Of course, it is the values that he and mom instilled in me that 
really led me to run for Congress. A strong sense of justice and 
fairness, and an ethic that if something is wrong in the world, you do 
something about it: to be an upstander and not a bystander.
  So, Dad, thank you, and happy birthday. We love you.

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