[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 145 (Thursday, October 16, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2055]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING ROBERTA R. GOLDMAN

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 16, 2003

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an outstanding 
individual, Roberta R. Goldman who will be receiving the Eleanor 
Roosevelt Humanitarian Award from the Shrewsbury Democratic Town 
Committee.
  Mrs. Goldman has worked for years to improve her community in many 
different ways. In 1982, she joined the Shrewsbury Democratic Town 
Committee, which she has served on ever since, and currently serves as 
chairperson of the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Awards program and 
vice-chairperson of the town committee itself. In 1998 Mrs. Goldman was 
elected to the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, of which she 
is now an elected representative from the Second Worcester Senatorial 
District and a member of the State Committee's Rules Committee. During 
Michael Dukakis' term as Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
Mrs. Goldman was Director of Education Reform in the Office of 
Educational Affairs. Her efforts helped to create the Education Reform 
Act of 1985, an act that she helped to pass when she was a 
representative of the Eleventh Worcester District in the Massachusetts 
House of Representatives. As State Representative, she served on the 
committees on Education, Human Services and Elder Affairs.
  Although Mrs. Goldman generally concentrates on helping Democratic 
candidates in Massachusetts, she has also ventured outside of the state 
frequently to campaign in New Hampshire as well as spending a summer in 
Texas, working for Ann Richards, who was running for Governor. Mrs. 
Goldman has also worked in Wisconsin partaking in the Dukakis 
presidential campaign and has given much time to aid former President 
William Clinton in New Jersey.
  In addition to Mrs. Goldman's many political endeavors, she is an 
enthusiastic teacher, working for the Shrewsbury school system since 
1971. In 1987, Mrs. Goldman began working at Shrewsbury High School as 
a social studies teacher. In the early 1990's, Mrs. Goldman established 
the Political Action Group, a non-partisan organization at Shrewsbury 
High School, which has enhanced many students' interests in politics 
and current events.
  Finally, her contributions to improving the lives of individuals with 
developmental disabilities are significant. She is in her sixth term as 
President of the FOR Special Friends, Inc.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me in congratulating my 
friend, Roberta Goldman.

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