[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY AND JEANNE PRITZKER

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                            HON. KAREN BASS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 28, 2014

  Ms. BASS. Mr. Speaker, today, I pay tribute to two philanthropists of 
exceptional dedication and character--Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker. The 
Pritzkers have been committed to improving the lives of foster youth 
through the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation.
  For more than a decade the Anthony and Jeanne Prtitzker Family 
Foundation has been making investments to strengthen important 
institutions that help the residents of Los Angeles. The foundation's 
grants have helped improve medical care, higher education, the 
environment, the arts and the foster care system in our city. These 
investments enrich our communities now, and for future generations.
  In 2012, Jeanne Pritzker started the nonprofit Foster Care Counts 
after being inspired by two teenagers they took into their own home, 
while raising her own children. Foster Care Counts has brought 
thousands of foster kids and families to their own home to celebrate 
family with their successful, Foster Mother's Day event.
  The Pritzkers recently gave a $3 million gift to UCLA to create an 
endowment that covers tutoring, mental health services, summer housing, 
unforeseen school expenses and other costs for UCLA students who were 
or are in foster care. They have long been contributors to UCLA's 
Guardian Scholars program, which provides support to former and current 
foster-care youth who are students at UCLA. This generous donation is 
helping ensure the continued success of this vulnerable population.
  Today we honor the Pritzkers, for fighting for those who sometimes do 
not have a voice, and making their lives a little better

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