May 22, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 97 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E475-E476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF PAM BROWN LARSEN

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                           HON. DAN NEWHOUSE

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 22, 2020

  Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, today, the Tri-Cities community 
celebrates and honors the career of Pam Brown Larsen. For the past 25 
years, Pam has served as Executive Director of Hanford Communities, an 
intergovernmental cooperative organization embraced by four cities, two 
counties, and a port district. Pam began this journey in 1994 when she 
became the first and only person to fill the position created by the 
City of Richland.
  Throughout her career, Pam has been a steadfast advocate for the 
cleanup of the Hanford Site and for the people and communities 
surrounding it. Her leadership has been crucial to the progress seen at 
the 586 square mile site. Pam has played a pivotal role in increasing 
the public's access to information about

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Hanford, and her efforts advocating for a cost-effective, safe, and 
prompt cleanup will continue to shape the mission at the site in the 
years to come.
  Pam has not only been an expert on nuclear cleanup issues at the 
local level; she has also shared her collaborative leadership model at 
the national and international levels as well.
  The Tri-Cities was the only Department of Energy community with a 
government advocacy association at the time of its creation. Since 
then, communities like those in Los Alamos, New Mexico and Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee have followed the example of Hanford Communities in creating 
their own associations. Pam has gone on to share her model of waste 
cleanup community advocacy with agency leaders in Fukushima, Japan. Her 
leadership has made, and will continue to make, a sustaining mark on 
the cleanup efforts of the future.
  Pam, it is an honor to know you, both as a constituent, and as a 
friend. I know I am not alone in thanking you for your years of service 
and in wishing you the very best in retirement. Congratulations.

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