[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 81 (Tuesday, June 7, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING KATHY FLETCHER, AN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER IN WASHINGTON STATE

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                            HON. JAY INSLEE

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 7, 2011

  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Kathy Fletcher for her 
lifelong dedication to bettering the environment within Washington 
State and across the Nation.
  Kathy Fletcher is retiring after 20 years serving as the Executive 
Director of People for Puget Sound, a citizen's organization she 
founded in 1991 to preserve the Puget Sound and Northwest Straits. The 
organization has inspired countless individuals through its education 
and volunteer programs. It also has successfully lobbied to strengthen 
environmental safeguards throughout the Puget Sound. Kathy has had a 
distinguished career spanning over 30 years of environmental activism, 
beginning with a position on President Carter's White House Domestic 
Policy Staff handling environmental and natural resource issues. A 
fifth-generation Washingtonian, she moved to Seattle to become the 
first chair of the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority and has since 
sat on the board of many local and national environmental 
organizations. Through her efforts, Kathy has helped protect Washington 
State's coastlines from disintegration and degradation and has made 
environmental activism more accessible to all.
  Kathy, thank you for your environmental leadership and for your 
tireless efforts to improve Washington State for the benefit of all.

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