[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 156 (Saturday, November 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO SYLVIA LEVIN

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                          HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN

                             of california

                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 7, 1997

  Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Berman and I ask our colleagues to join 
us in honoring Sylvia Levin for her remarkable achievements in voter 
registration.
  Sylvia became a deputy registrar with the Los Angeles County 
Registrar-Recorder's office in 1973 and has enthusiastically registered 
an estimated 35,000 voters since then. She has done more to increase 
voter participation than virtually anyone we know.
  For nearly 25 years, Sylvia has walked or bicycled to her post with 
an indefatigable determination to get as many eligible voters 
registered as possible. Nothing--not even a broken arm--has slowed the 
pace of her work.
  Sylvia's generous contribution to our community has received wide 
recognition. She has been honored for her work by the Los Angeles 
County Board of Supervisors, nominated to the California Secretary of 
State's Voter Outreach Hall of Fame, and selected as an ``Unsung Hero'' 
by NBC News in Los Angeles.
  Our community owes a great debt of gratitude to Sylvia, and Mr. 
Berman and I ask our Congressional colleagues to join us in saluting 
her extraordinary contribution to our democratic system. We warmly 
congratulate her and wish her every happiness in the future.

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