[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 152 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2319]
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                  TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSWOMAN JANE HARMAN

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 12, 1998

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor one of California's very 
distinguished and dedicated public officials, Representative Jane 
Harman. Jane is being honored as she retires from the House of 
Representatives after three terms of significant public service. I am 
proud to mark this occasion with my fellow colleagues in the House of 
Representatives.
  Jane is widely recognized for her instrumental work on behalf of 
women's issues in her service to California's South Bay. As a native 
Californian, private lawyer and legislator, Jane fought for a woman's 
right to reproductive choice and led investigations of sexual 
misconduct in the military, roles for women in combat, and access to 
reproductive services for military women and their dependents.
  Jane's career accomplishments are many. Among the most noteworthy is 
her attendance at the bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation at the 
United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, where Jane solidly 
voiced her support for China as an appropriate site for a healthy 
debate on women's issues. As an esteemed Member of the House National 
Security and Select Permanent Intelligence Committees, Jane was first 
appointed to the Congressional Conference Committee to meet on the 
Fiscal Year 1998 National Defense Reauthorization. As a conferee, Jane 
consistently sought to reinstate the right of military women and their 
dependents to have access to a full range of reproductive choices. This 
year Jane  was again appointed as a conferee member to the Fiscal Year 
1999 National Defense Reauthorization where she had the lead role on 
the particularly contentious debate over how to best train our 
military's new recruits.
  Jane has unfailingly served this institution over the years. After 
first serving as Legislative Director to U.S. Senator John Tunney (CA), 
and then as Chief Counsel and Staff Director to the Senate Judiciary 
Committee on Constitutional Rights, in the late 1970s, she was Deputy 
Secretary to the White House Cabinet and Special Counsel to the 
Department of Defense.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to pay tribute to Congresswoman 
Jane Harman. The State of California owes Jane a great deal of 
gratitude for her tireless efforts throughout her public service in the 
House of Representatives I extend my hearty congratulations and best 
wishes to Jane, her husband Sidney, and her four children, for 
continued success and joy in the years to come. Jane Harman will be 
missed and remembered.

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