[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 180 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9274]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING THE LIFE OF KATE McCARTHY

  (Mr. BLUMENAUER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, this Sunday friends, family, and 
admirers of Kate McCarthy will gather in the shadow of Mount Hood that 
she loved. They will share stories of young Kate as a smart, free-
spirited woman, educated at Portland's Reed College, working on Mount 
Hood's historic Timberline Lodge the day it opened in 1937 with 
President Roosevelt. Her family will regale with tales of challenges of 
managing four interesting children, shall we say.
  The central narrative will be her knowledge, stewardship, and love of 
special places like the Columbia River Gorge, her advocacy and 
leadership for sound land use and above all, Mount Hood.
  She challenged me to focus on the entire responsibility for 
protecting that mountain, leading not just to 120,000 acres of 
wilderness, but enacting a comprehensive vision for its protection.
  She was a passionate, committed visionary whose influence will be 
felt and seen for generations.

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