Jared Huffman

Mr. HUFFMAN

Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today with Representative Mike Thompson, in recognition of Dave Koehler on the occasion of his retirement after nearly 30 years of leading two of California's most successful land trusts. Dave is a native of California who has been drawn to nature his entire life. During high school and college, Dave nurtured this passion by working in the summers for both the U.S. Forest Service and the California Division of Forestry. He later graduated from California State University, Fresno, in 1979, with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Biology. In 1990, Dave became the executive director of the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust. Under his leadership the organization developed and established phases of the San Joaquin River Parkway restoration. He was appointed coordinator of the San Joaquin River Partnership in 2009. This collaborative of fifteen organizations supported the goals authorized by Congress to restore salmon to a 130- mile portion of the river. In 2012, Dave was recognized by the Department of the Interior for his work on this historic river restoration project. Dave's leadership also led to the conservation of nearly 5,000 acres during this period of time. Dave became the executive director for the Sonoma County Land Trust in 2015. Building on the organization's record of success, Dave oversaw the acquisition of several key properties while adding new areas of focus to the organization's overall mission. This included programming for Russian River watershed protection, expanding community conservation programs, and opening the organization's first public preserve. Under his leadership, Sonoma County Land Trust has protected over 2,500 acres of open space and an additional 10,000 acres through the organization's active protection project pipeline. Dave also created a community programs department for the Land Trust that focuses on diversifying the organization's reach through programming targeted at people of color, young people, and families. Madam Speaker, Dave Koehler has dedicated the majority of his professional life to the conservation and protection of our country's natural wealth. It is therefore appropriate that we recognize his accomplishments and service to the public today, on the occasion of his retirement from Sonoma Land Trust. Please join me in wishing him the best of luck on his future endeavors.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Mendocino Coast Clinics on the 25th anniversary of their founding. Since 1994, Mendocino Coast Clinics has provided quality, patient-centered affordable health care. Originally part of Mendocino County Public Health Services, a group of volunteers came together to form the nonprofit that established Mendocino Coast Clinics on July 1, 1994. That original group became the first board of directors of the new health center, which served 2,500 patients with a staff of seven. Today, Mendocino Coast Clinics serves more than 10,000 patients and is the third-largest employer in the city of Fort Bragg. Mendocino Coast Clinics provided behavioral health services to the medical services when its doors opened in 1994, and expanded to provide much-needed dental services in 1996. Throughout the past 25 years, Mendocino Coast Clinics has continued to fill medical services gaps in the Fort Bragg and surrounding communities, including obstetrics, pediatrics, and a confidential reproductive health care clinic for teens and young adults. Today, Mendocino Coast Clinics continues to provide these comprehensive services to the community. Madam Speaker, Mendocino Coast Clinics has for 25 years been a tireless champion for health care in coastal Mendocino County, meeting the needs of the community's most vulnerable populations. Therefore, please join me in recognizing this valuable organization and wishing them success for many more years to come.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment was culled out from the en bloc amendments. I am still not entirely clear why, but I think, to the extent that it deserves to be singled out and culled out, it is because it is a model for other land-to-trust bills that we sometimes see in this body. Rarely will you find a case where a Tribe negotiated more exhaustively in good faith and produced actual agreements with local government neighbors to the standard and to the level that we see in this case. This is a good piece of legislation broadly supported by the elected officials in the area and, in many cases, having already won the strong bipartisan support from Members in both the House and the United States Senate. I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is simple. It reflects a bill that passed the House earlier this year in March by a vote of 404- 21. I first introduced this bill in the 114th Congress. It was heard by the Natural Resources Committee, reported out favorably by unanimous consent. It was then reintroduced in the next Congress by my colleague Representative Jeff Denham, and it passed the House by voice vote. Then it was reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in October of 2018. The bill was reintroduced again by me this Congress, and after passage in this House, it once again was reported out favorably from the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs just a few weeks ago. This amendment would take land owned by the Lytton Rancheria in Sonoma County in my district into trust as part of the Tribe's reservation for purposes of housing and economic development. It would permanently prohibit using these lands for casino gaming, and it would uphold a memorandum of understanding carefully negotiated between the Tribe and the County of Sonoma. It reflects an exhaustive stakeholder outreach process, extensive meetings, and negotiations between the Tribe, Sonoma County, and other local governments. This productive relationship is illustrated by support from the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, who have jurisdiction over the land in question, and also the nearest local public service agencies, including the Windsor Fire Protection District and Windsor Unified School District. Even California Governor Gavin Newsom is in support of this bill. In fact, there is no elected official in the area that is impacted by this bill who is on record opposed to the bill. So I urge adoption of the amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his concerns. I won't relitigate the issue of whether the amendment is made in order. That has been decided. That is why we are here. With respect to the gentleman's concerns about local individuals who may have expressed opposition to the bill--and again, there is no official opposition, no local government agency, no local elected officials, but some individuals in the area have opposed the bill--I would just note, in the 115th Congress, when then-Chairman Bishop of the Natural Resources Committee supported the bill passing out of his committee and passing on the floor, the committee report itself noted those same individual voices of opposition. I will quote: ``Lastly, the committee has received a relatively large number of communications from the residents of Windsor in opposition to the bill.'' There is no new opposition to this bill. It is the same individuals, and it is the same folks who the chairman at the time, himself, noted. So I would submit, Mr. Chairman, there is nothing new here. This bill has previously won broad bipartisan support, including from my friend from Utah, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Sergeant First Class Elden Charles Justus who died in the line of duty during the Korean War on December 6, 1950, and is being laid to rest today. Elden Justus was born in Grady, New Mexico, to Elmer and Lois Justus. The family settled in Arcata, California, where Elden graduated high school in 1945. On October 29, 1945 he enlisted in the United States Army and joined the 33rd Field Artillery Unit in Darmstadt, Germany. He met his wife in Germany, Ruth Boensel, and had two children, Jack and Lois. The family relocated to Camp Carson in Colorado in January of 1950, and by September of 1950, Sergeant Justus departed for Japan and then to Korea. He served in the Headquarters Battery, 57th Field Artillery, 7th Infantry Division. He died in what is now North Korea on December 6, 1950, while assisting American and Korean soldiers out of an enemy attack. He was considered Missing in Action (MIA) until his remains were found in 2004 in a communal grave. The Department of the Army POW/MIA Accounting Agency performed multiple tests and after 15 years of verification work, Sergeant Justus's surviving family members, his children Jack and Lois, were notified that their father's remains were found and identified in April 2019. Sergeant Justus will posthumously be awarded the Purple Heart, Army Good Conduct Medal, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Service Stars, Presidential Unit Citation-Navy, United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea-Korean War Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea- Presidential Unit Citation. Madam Speaker, until Sergeant Justus's remains were recovered in 2004, he was one of over 7,000 Korean War service members who remain unaccounted. Sergeant Justus made the brave and honorable decision to help his fellow soldiers to safety when he gave his life for this nation. Therefore, please join me in recognizing SFC Elden Justus as he finally returns home and is laid to rest.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano).

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining?

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, the tool that we are talking about was developed by a consensus-based take reduction team that included the consensus support of all representatives of the fishing industry who sat on that team, the entire Maine delegation, that the team unanimously supported the decision. Mr. Chair, an end-run around that congressionally mandated process at this critical moment, taking away the lifeline that the North Atlantic right whale needs as it teeters on the brink of extinction, is the wrong way to protect Maine lobstermen. We can work together on other threats, other ways to help the lobstermen. We need to start that conversation with climate change. Certainly, the trade impacts to the lobstermen and other fishing communities should be something we do to help them, the threat of offshore drilling in the Atlantic. And let's get them some more financial support if there is too much burden to implement the technologies and strategies that have been represented here. But the North Atlantic right whale is running out of time, and we should not move the goalpost on these critically endangered species in this way. Mr. Chair, I request a ``no'' vote on the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would prohibit NOAA from utilizing a science-based stakeholder decision support tool to save the North Atlantic right whale from imminent extinction. The decision support tool was developed based on the best-available scientific information and models about the population dynamics of the whales. Defunding it undermines the consensus-based conservation decisionmaking process under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and would set a dangerous precedent for implementation of that law. It would also have lasting impacts for other species, fisheries, and industries. Again, this whale, the North Atlantic right whale, is critically endangered. There are less than 420 left. That is fewer than we have Members of this House of Representatives. With this amendment, while it may be well-intended to protect Maine lobstermen, it could have broadly undermining effects on right whale conservation and on NOAA's responsibilities under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. I fully understand my colleague's concerns and efforts to support constituencies. I, too, represent a coastal district with commercial fishermen; so does our colleague, Seth Moulton in Massachusetts. And we are committed to working together to find a solution to the crisis facing the North Atlantic right whale, including holding a hearing on Mr. Moulton's bill, the bipartisan SAVE Right Whales Act, in the Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee that I chair. I am also fully supportive of his amendment to increase funding for right whale conservation. We should be devoting more resources to develop innovative solutions for the recovery of right whales to meet both fisheries and conservation goals, not choosing one goal over the other which, unfortunately, this amendment does. I would also point out that the Committee on Natural Resources worked with Mr. Golden on several other possible amendments. We continue to stand ready to work on other ways and other solutions, but unfortunately, this amendment is not it. Mr. Chair, I urge opposition, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Linda Tavaszi, Ph.D., as she receives Marin Community Clinics' Lifetime Achievement Award for her decades of exemplary service promoting community health. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1940, Dr. Tavaszi lived in Florida and Alabama before returning to New York to earn a graduate degree in social work from Fordham University. Dr. Tavaszi earned a masters in health administration from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in health care administration from Walden University in Florida. Dr. Tavaszi began her life-long career in health care, most of which was spent working in Marin County. Dr. Tavaszi came to Marin County as chief operating officer at Marin General Hospital in 1982. Under her leadership, Marin General opened a new emergency department and developed Marin's first and only cardiac surgery program. As president of the Health Council of Marin and the local chapter of the American Heart Association, Dr. Tavaszi's commitment and dedication to the community extended beyond her role at Marin General. In 1994, Dr. Tavaszi was asked to oversee an American-owned hospital in Barcelona, Spain, where she and her family spent two years helping steer that project to success. Once back in California, Dr. Tavaszi oversaw the mergers of two hospitals in the East Bay, and she returned to Marin County as chief executive officer of Kentfield Rehabilitation Hospital. After great success there, she returned to Marin General in 2004. In 2011, Dr. Tavaszi became CEO of Marin Community Clinics. During her tenure at Marin Community Clinics, Dr. Tavaszi expanded patient capacity and comprehensive services for seniors and the homeless population. From 2017 to 2018 Dr. Tavaszi served as the chief executive officer of Ritter Center where she provided valuable assistance during a transition in leadership. Madam Speaker, Dr. Tavaszi's career of leadership and vision has helped hospitals and clinics in our region provide affordable, high- quality health care to our most underserved populations. Therefore, please join me in recognizing Dr. Linda Tavaszi on her well-deserved honor and in wishing her the best of luck in her continuing pursuit of quality health care for people in need.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, this bipartisan amendment would stop the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from moving forward with a rulemaking that would change the Federal consistency process under the Coastal Zone Management Act, known as the CZMA. The purpose of the CZMA is to give coastal States a strong voice in Federal agency decisionmaking for activities that affect a State's coastal uses and resources, including Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas development. Federal consistency is the cornerstone of the CZMA. It provides the platform and process for coordination between States, industry, and stakeholders; helps anticipate and proactively avoid conflict; and helps protect the interests of coastal communities. It is a prime example of successful cooperative federalism, and it is key to long- term management of coasts around the country. NOAA published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking in March regarding changes to the Federal consistency regulations to make the process ``more efficient,'' but there are already clear guidelines and timelines for Federal consistency review, and it has a proven track record of efficiency and cooperation. It is clear that there is no need for NOAA to change the process. Maintaining the Federal consistency process is especially critical now, as this administration continues to look for ways to get around the clear opposition to offshore drilling from coastal States, communities, and elected officials from both sides of the aisle. Earlier this week, State Representative Peter McCoy, a Republican from South Carolina, wrote an op-ed about why the CZMA is so important. He wrote: ``The consistency review authorities under CZMA have never been more important than right now . . . this move to potentially alter CZMA would undermine States' control and take away our ability to protect our coastlines.'' That is why I have joined in offering an amendment by South Carolina Representative Joe Cunningham, as well as our colleagues Florida Representative Francis Rooney and California Representative Salud Carbajal. All of us know firsthand how important CZMA is to protecting our coastal districts. We have to ensure that States are able to fully weigh in on Federal activity off their shores. They are the ones most at risk. Their businesses, communities, and lands and waters will be left to deal with the economic and environmental costs of offshore oil and gas development. Mr. Chair, I urge an ``aye'' vote on this amendment, and I yield the balance of my time.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Chair, what we do know about this process is that the Army Corps, itself, has acknowledged serious data gaps. What we do know is that Tribal input has not been seriously incorporated into this process, and we know that the National Marine Fishery Services, which is the agency that should be there at the table as a participating agency to protect this iconic fishery, is not participating in this process. So what this amendment would do is stop this deeply flawed process. If the administration wants to try to start over and get it right, I have just identified some of the ways in which this terribly flawed process could be repaired and they could move forward in the next budget. But there are too many red flags waving. Bristol Bay and its salmon are too important to the people of that region and to this country.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Chair, my amendment would stop the Army Corps of Engineers from moving forward with their flawed environmental impact statement for the proposed Pebble Mine. Now, the Pebble Mine is a massive project that would be located in the headwaters of the Bristol Bay watershed in southeast Alaska. It threatens the entire Bristol Bay region: its people, its salmon, and its multimillion-dollar economy. The Bristol Bay watershed supports 25 federally recognized Tribes that depend on salmon for food and their local economy and on a healthy watershed for their clean water. Bristol Bay's wild salmon have sustained Alaska's indigenous communities for thousands of years by providing subsistence food, subsistence-based livelihoods, and the foundation for their culture and community. Salmon are the economic driver in Bristol Bay, and the region supplies half of the world's sockeye salmon and 83 percent of the country's salmon overall. At about this time each year, commercial fishermen go to Bristol Bay to harvest that amazing sockeye salmon run. The commercial harvest results in more than $1 billion in economic impact, $500 million in direct income, and 14,000 jobs. Bristol Bay is also one of the most sought after sportsmen's destinations. Hunting and recreational fishing draws visitors from around the world, resulting in over a thousand jobs and nearly $80 million in direct spending. The EPA has previously said the impacts of mining on fish populations in the region could be catastrophic and irreversible. Over 3,500 acres of wetlands and over 80 miles of stream, which are all connected to salmon habitat, would be directly impacted by this mine and its infrastructure. The proposed project would also generate an average of 6.8 billion gallons per year of wastewater during operations, 11.8 billion gallons during closure, and all of it would require capture and treatment. This is unprecedented. There is no other U.S. hard rock mining operation that captures and treats such a massive volume of contaminated mine water, which is harmful to fish and to public health. We know that mines are not invincible. Things go wrong. And if any of the negative impacts on waterways and ecosystems that have resulted from other mine failures were to happen in Bristol Bay, the way of life for Alaska Tribes, fishermen, businesses, and residents would be devastated. Bristol Bay already provides enough for a thriving economy and supports a way of life that is sustainable for future generations. The Pebble Mine puts all of that at risk, at risk of significant irreversible damage. That is why the majority of Bristol Bay residents and Alaskans oppose the project. It is why 53 other Members of Congress have joined me in telling the Army Corps they should not permit this mine. While a thorough and rigorous review would clearly show that it is the wrong mine and the wrong place, the Federal permitting process for the Pebble Mine has been wholly insufficient. Tribal input is not being incorporated, nor are Tribal governments being meaningfully consulted. The Army Corps, itself, acknowledges numerous data gaps, and the review fails to analyze economic feasibility and disaster scenarios or provide comprehensive reclamation and mitigation plans. The rushed environmental review process has sparked wide-scale opposition from throughout the country. Fishermen, Tribes, sportsmen groups, businesses, conservation organizations, all of them have weighed in in opposition to this shoddy, wrongheaded Corps project. My amendment would stop the Pebble Mine. It would stop this flawed process. It prohibits funding to complete the process because there are fundamental flaws with the Army Corps' current analysis. Bristol Bay is a national treasure. We have to do this right or risk losing an incredible resource. I urge support for my amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today, along with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Jackie Speier, to recognize Greg Moore, an extraordinary park advocate and community leader who has served as President and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (GGNPC) for over three decades. A native of San Francisco, Greg graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Conservation of Natural Resources, and he later earned a mid-career fellowship in Environmental Planning from the University of Washington. Greg spent his early career in a variety of planning and management roles with the National Parks Service and other conservation-focused public agencies before becoming the chief operating officer of GGNPC in 1985. A non-profit membership organization, GGNPC was founded in 1981 to help preserve the now 37 distinct park sites and 80,000 acres that comprise Golden Gate National Parks and to ensure universal access to them. Over the course of Greg's 34-year tenure, GGNPC has become one of the most successful organizations of its kind, having recruited and managed over 250,000 volunteers, restored over 130 miles of trails, preserved 700 historic structures, developed innovative stewardship and education programs, and provided over half a billion dollars in contributions for park programs and projects. A large part of this success is due to Greg's ability to build relationships within and outside the parks' community. These relationships have led to numerous cross-sector collaborations, community-led stewardship programs, and successful philanthropic campaigns that fostered greater access and support for the Golden Gate National Parks. The post-to-park conversion of Fort Baker, the Presidio of San Francisco, and Crissy Field are all examples of this. Greg played a catalytic role in these locations, transforming decommissioned military facilities into iconic destinations of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Madam Speaker, Greg Moore's leadership has been integral in preserving a collection of parks that are unparalleled in the National Park System. With a combined volume of yearly visitors that outstrips Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Olympic National Parks put together, Golden Gate National Recreation Area has continued to thrive in part because of the program support and culture of stewardship that has been fostered under Greg's leadership. Therefore, please join us in honoring Greg Moore as he steps away from his leadership role and in wishing him success on his future endeavors.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I regret that I had a scheduling conflict which caused me to miss the following vote. I would have voted ``No'' on roll call vote 166.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I regret that I was unavoidably detained with district matters and missed the following votes. I would have voted ``Yes'' on roll call vote 218, and ``Yes'' on roll call vote 219.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for his comments. Madam Chair, the purpose of this supplemental appropriations bill is to help communities rebuild from disasters, and my amendment simply ensures that we give communities reasonable time to rebuild and recover. We shouldn't be yanking the rug out from under them before they have gotten themselves back on their feet. For that reason, I urge adoption of this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chair, I thank Chairwoman Lowey for her work on this disaster supplemental, as well as her broader efforts to advance this disaster funding. It is unfortunate that our colleagues in the Senate have not yet acted to deliver disaster relief to communities across the country. My amendment responds to the needs of communities who are rebuilding their highway infrastructure after disasters. I am joined in these efforts by my colleagues, Harley Rouda and Norma Torres from California. I thank them for their support. And I would also like to thank the California State Association of Counties for their important work on this issue in support of this amendment. We need to send a clear message to the Federal Highway Administration. Congress expects FHWA to work with communities who are simply seeking reasonable extensions for the use of their emergency relief funding. Under current policy, the FHWA requires that when a road or highway suffers serious damage, the State or local agency receiving Federal assistance must begin the construction project within 2 years of the disaster. And we all agree that Federal money should get out the door as quickly as possible. But this well-intended policy allows for extensions, if there are reasonable difficulties in moving toward construction. Sometimes it just takes longer than expected to scope a project, to finalize all the permits. In other cases, the scale of the disaster itself means that counties simply don't have the capacity to move all their projects to construction within 2 years, even though they are moving as quickly as they can and doing everything right. The problem is, in a recent decision, FHWA began denying a series of extension requests, including one in Humboldt County, in my district. My amendment would pause FHWA's ability to deny these extensions moving forward. And I hope this amendment gives FHWA the opportunity to correct course and to get back to working with communities who are trying to rebuild as quickly as they can. Communities across the country, especially those in California recovering from flood and fire, are now facing the possibility of paying back millions of dollars that they desperately need, adding insult to injury. How widespread is this problem? Well, State-wide in California, FHWA denied 66 out of 73 projects requesting an extension. So we need some help, and we need this amendment. We need this amendment. This amendment will not address all of the problems caused by FHWA's extension denials, but it gives them an opportunity to reconsider their decisions and make things right. As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I am committed to working with my colleagues to establish clear guidelines on how the FHWA should manage emergency relief funds going forward; but for now, I urge adoption of this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today in memory of Jacquie Kauffman Gribens, who passed away on May 6, 2019, after a lifetime of public service to her community. Born in 1966 in Mexico City, Jacquie moved to Massachusetts when she was 14, where she later graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She then earned her law degree from Suffolk Law School in Boston. After meeting her ``bashert'' Bruce during law school, they spent the next few years travelling around the country. In 2006, the family moved to the Bay Area, where she spent much of her time volunteering for the local public schools and Congregation Rodef Shalom. Jacquie's life was spent delivering on her strong desire for public service, in particular for the most vulnerable in her community. Most recently, she did this through her work with Lifehouse; a non-profit that works to improve the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities. Starting as a volunteer at Lifehouse, Jacquie stepped up to serve on the board of directors in 2014 , and then became Board Chair in 2018. She also spent time volunteering for the Marin County Board of Education, where she supervised a grant program to help first- generation students attend four-year colleges. Jacquie is survived by her husband, Bruce, their three children, Josh, Nick, and Allie, as well as her mother Wanda, sister Michelle and brother-in-law Bruce, and many other family and friends across the world. While she will be greatly missed, Jacquie's legacy will live on through the indelible positive impact she had on our community and beyond. Madam Speaker, please join me in offering our sincere condolences to Jacquie Gribens' family and many friends and in appreciating her many good deeds.