[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 47 (Thursday, March 19, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HONORING MS. KAREN TAYLOR, SOLANO COUNTY'S WOMAN OF THE YEAR

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 19, 2015

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Karen 
Taylor as one of the Fifth District of California's Women of the Year 
as we celebrate Women's History Month. I regularly have the privilege 
to work with extraordinary women across our district and I am proud to 
recognize Karen as one of them.
  Ms. Taylor is a considerate woman with a loving and giving heart, and 
is always seeking to help the less fortunate in our community, 
especially youth, homeless, and elders. From block parties that she put 
on as a teenager to field trips to take kids to Lake Tahoe to see snow 
for the first time, she has been a fixture in her neighborhood and the 
Vallejo community. Forming activity groups, such as Karen's Tiny Tots 
and Karen's Girls Clubs for kids and teenagers, she has helped young 
people in Vallejo experience and see the best in themselves.
  Ms. Taylor has strived to improve our community for more than thirty 
years. She has worked with kids to perform plays, has hosted meetings 
on pregnancy prevention for teenage girls, and has devoted countless 
hours of work to the Solano AIDS Coalition.
  Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this time that we honor and thank 
Ms. Taylor not only for her commitment to bettering the lives of the 
less fortunate around her, but also for her commitment to our 
community. Ms. Taylor's unyielding dedication to the people that make 
region unique is greatly appreciated by our entire community and we 
wish her continued success.

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