[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E783]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CELEBRATING THE RETIREMENT OF NANCY ZIRKIN

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 7, 2017

  Ms. PELOSl. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize the bold 
visionary leadership of Nancy Zirkin, who is retiring as Executive Vice 
President and Director of Policy at the Leadership Conference on Civil 
and Human Rights.
  It has been my privilege to work with Nancy for three decades, and to 
witness first-hand her relentless commitment to justice and opportunity 
for hard working families. Every day, with every fight she has 
championed the civil, human and economic rights of those all too often 
left behind in America.
  Nancy Zirkin retires with a towering legacy of legislative 
achievement to her credit. At the Leadership Conference, Nancy was 
instrumental in the passage of the ADA Amendments of 2008, the Matthew 
Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 and the historic Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
consumer financial protections law.
  Before that, Nancy was the Director of Public Policy and Government 
Relations at the American Association for University Women, where she 
worked on the ERA ratification and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
  Nancy knows how to bring diverse players together, from the Chamber 
of Commerce to the civil rights community, to secure progress in the 
lives of the American people. She has been an invaluable leader, 
coordinating legislative campaigns that win over the last decade. She 
is tireless and forceful--and she won't accept no for an answer.
  Beyond her professional service, Nancy is a promoter of countless 
women running for office and a devoted grandmother. She is a civic 
leader and with her husband Harold, a dedicated philanthropist on 
causes from childhood hunger to access to medical care for all.
  On behalf of her many friends in Congress on both sides of the aisle 
and both sides of the Capitol, and as a fellow proud daughter of 
Baltimore, I commend Nancy Zirkin on a lifetime of transformational 
public service. As she begins this new chapter of her life, I wish her 
well in all her future endeavors.

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