May 14, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 80 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H3781-H3782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING THE MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE ELLEN TAUSCHER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 3, 2019, the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi) is 
recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader.
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, tonight is a very special night for many 
of us. Tonight, we honor the memory of an extraordinary Representative, 
Ellen Tauscher, who served the Contra Costa area of California for 
almost two decades.
  She died nearly 3 weeks ago. Tonight is our first opportunity to come 
to the floor and to pay tribute to her. I had the pleasure of knowing 
her before she became a Member of Congress and then during her years in 
Congress and I also had the unique opportunity to take her seat when 
she retired to become the Assistant Secretary of State.
  So tonight, we pay tribute to this extraordinary woman. We do this in 
recognition of the work that she did on Wall Street, the work that she 
did here in the House of Representatives, and

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her unyielding desire to reduce nuclear risks throughout the world.
  To conduct the rest of tonight's tribute, I am turning to a woman who 
served with Ellen for all of the years that she was in Congress, a 
woman who is the leader of the Democratic Members of California, Zoe 
Lofgren.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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