[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 152 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2322]
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                        FAREWELL TO JANE HARMAN

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                        HON. MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 12, 1998

  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to say farewell to Representative 
Jane Harman, an outstanding Member of the California congressional 
delegation and of this House, who is leaving public service at the end 
of this Congress. While a relative junior Member of this institution, 
she has been one of this body's most thoughtful Members.
  Since joining the House in 1993, Congresswoman Harman has fought 
tirelessly for a smarter and stronger defense. She successfully fought 
to keep critically important military bases in California off the base 
closure list. She fought to fully fund the C-17 cargo plane and secured 
funding for the F/A-18 fighter plane. As a respected member of the 
National Security Committee, Jane Harman has supported innovative 
defense conversion, reinvestment, and transition programs that have had 
a positive effect on the lives of tens of thousands of defense workers.
  Representative Harman has also been a champion of women's issues 
during her congressional tenure. She has been a leader in fighting to 
preserve a woman's right to choose. Year after year she has come to the 
well of the House and spoken eloquently and forcefully on behalf of 
women's rights here at home and abroad. Representative Harman played 
key roles in the congressional investigations of sexual misconduct in 
the military, on the question of women in combat, and on the critical 
issue of access to abortion for military women and their dependents.
  Congresswoman Harman has been a great credit to her district, to 
California, to our Nation and to the House of Representatives. Mr. 
Speaker, Jane Harman will be sorely missed in the 106th Congress.

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