[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 110 (Monday, July 7, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6358-S6359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO JACKIE LEE HOUSTON

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, recently in Palm Springs, CA, 
hundreds of people gathered to honor the fine work of Jackie Lee 
Houston, and to see the plans unveiled for a new plaza to be built in 
her honor. I am very pleased to ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing the important work and contributions of Jackie Lee Houston.
  During the ceremony, Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet pointed out the 
amazing contributions of Jackie Lee

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Houston. She has been an integral part of the fine work being done at 
Angel View Crippled Children's Foundation, the Palm Springs Art Museum, 
the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Palm Springs Opera 
Guild of the Desert, the Stroke Recovery Center, and Desert AIDS 
Project. Houston is also the sponsor of the ``Jackie Lee Houston 
Scholarship,'' offering support to residents of the region hoping to 
pursue post-graduate training in design.
  It is especially fitting that the new Jackie Lee Houston Plaza will 
offer an entry to the Palm Springs Convention Center because every year 
the Palm Springs International Film Festival opens there. It is a 
project that has had Houston's full support. It is also fitting that 
the plaza will offer visitors a desert landscape where they cannot just 
enjoy the native plants, but also help to build a sense of community 
that is so important to Houston.
  I am delighted that the amazing community and philanthropic work of 
Jackie Lee Houston will be memorialized with this plaza in Palm 
Springs. I commend Mayor Pougnet and the members of the Palm Springs 
City Council for their efforts in this regard and, of course, send my 
very best regards to Jackie Lee Houston.

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