[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1644]
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                 TRIBUTE TO JUDITH AND ARTHUR HIRSHBERG

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 3, 1997

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, my colleague Mr. Sherman and I are honored 
to pay tribute to my good friends Judith and Arthur Hirshberg, who are 
receiving the 1997 Annual Achievement Award from Action Democrats of 
the San Fernando Valley. We cannot think of any two people more 
deserving of an award that recognizes party loyalty and community 
involvement.
  Judith has spent much of her life involved in politics and civic 
causes. She began her career in Massachusetts, where she was president 
of the Swampscott Chapter of the League of Women Voters.
  After moving to California Judith became a member of the Wednesday 
Committee, a Los Angeles County organization of women's PAC's. She is 
also vice president of Penny Lane, a residential treatment facility for 
emotionally disturbed and abused adolescents, and vice president of 
Project Focus, a drug and alcohol abuse education center.
  Judith is probably best know for having spent the past 9 years as a 
deputy for Los Angeles city councilman Marvin Braude, who retired in 
1997. Before that she worked for former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley. 
Through the years Judith used her political positions to help many 
people and organizations.
  Arthur displays a similar devotion to his community. He was a board 
member of YEOP, the youth program administered by the EDD. In the 
aftermath of the Los Angeles riots, he served on President Bush's 
Commission on Los Angeles riot relief. Arthur is also a board member of 
the Valley Jewish Business Leaders Association, a support group for the 
Jewish Home for the Aging.
  We ask our colleagues to join us today in saluting Arthur and Judith 
Hirshberg, whose dedication to politics and their community is a 
shining example to us all. These are two people who have truly made a 
difference.

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