[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 34 (Thursday, March 21, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E412]
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 A TRIBUTE TO LUCIA G. REYES, 27TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE 
                               YEAR--2002

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 20, 2002

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Women's History Month. 
Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and sacrifices 
made by our nation's most notable women during the month of March and 
it is my honor to not only recognize women of the past but to also 
recognize women who are making a difference in my community. While a 
month of remembrance is certainly not sufficient, I am honored today to 
pay homage to such women as Eleanor Roosevelt, Sandra Day O'Connor, 
Harriet Tubman, Sally Ride and all the women of my Congressional 
District, whose contributions have made a profound difference in the 
face and fabric of our nation.
  I would like to pay special recognition to Ms. Lucia G. Reyes, an 
outstanding woman of California's 27th Congressional District. Over the 
years, Lucia has been an outspoken proponent for women's issues and has 
helped bring those issues to the forefront of my community.
  Lucia currently serves as a project manager for the Keck School of 
Medicine at the University of Southern California. She is overseeing a 
very exciting clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of a T Cell 
Vaccine to treat Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. If 
effective, this treatment may prove a powerful weapon in the fight 
against this debilitating and deadly disease.
  Lucia's positive energy can be seen all around the City of Pasadena. 
She has thrown herself into activities with the expressed purpose of 
making the lives of those around her better. She serves as a 
Commissioner on the City of Pasadena's Commission on the Status of 
Women in which she focuses on addressing the specific concerns and 
needs of women throughout the community. Her tireless efforts are to 
ensure the future provides the freedom and dignity each human deserves.
  Complimenting her role on the Commission, Lucia also serves on the 
boards of Planned Parenthood of Pasadena and Pasadena's Cinco de Mayo. 
She serves as a religious instructor at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, 
volunteers at Pasadena's Youth Center, and is a committee member of the 
Adelante Mujur Latina Conference and HOPE'S Latina Symposium.
  Her breadth of volunteer work is remarkable and all who have the 
opportunity to work beside her are better off for the experience. The 
women of my district and especially the women in the City of Pasadena 
could find no better advocate than Lucia.
  I ask all Members of Congress to join me today in honoring an 
outstanding and extraordinary woman of California's 27th Congressional 
District, Ms. Lucia Reyes. The entire community joins me in thanking 
Lucia for her continued efforts to make the 27th Congressional District 
a more accepting place in which to live.

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