[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H2708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO KAREN L. ROBINSON

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
a very good friend of mine and Costa Mesa's mayor, Karen L. Robinson. 
Mayor Robinson was recently appointed as a judge of the Orange County 
Superior Court, making her the first black woman appointed to our 
county bench.
  Robinson currently supervises five attorneys as the litigation 
counsel coordinator for the California State University System, and she 
also serves as a judge pro tempore, presiding over small-claims cases 
for the county's municipal and superior courts.
  Robinson's appointment as a judge is not the first time that she has 
made history. In 2000 she was named to the Costa Mesa City Council and 
in 2002 was named mayor. Both are firsts for an African American in 
that city in Orange County.
  I would like to congratulate Robinson on her outstanding achievements 
and all of her contributions to our community, and I know that she will 
have even more successes in her career, and I wish her the best.

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