[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 162 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1351]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JONATHAN SCHAFLER

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 10, 2017

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in recognizing United States Coast Guard 
Community Affairs Officer Jonathan Schafler for his years of service as 
liaison to the District of Columbia.
  Prior to his service as a Community Affairs Officer, Lieutenant 
Commander Schafler served as a drilling reservist. He was deployed 
overseas several times, including for one year in Iraq with Patrol 
Forces Southwest Asia as the Liaison to the Iraqi Coastal Boarder 
Guard, and in Spain with Port Security Unit 305.
  Since Lt. Cmdr. Schafler began his position as a Community Affairs 
Officer for the District of Columbia, he and his coworkers have 
contributed more than 55,000 volunteer hours to the District; delivered 
over 200,000 pounds of food to pantries in the Ward 8 community as part 
of the ``Feds Feed Families'' outreach program; loaned over 2,300 tents 
to various community outreach events; and implemented a successful 
``Partnerships in Education and Services'' program at six D.C.-area 
schools.
  In addition to his work as a Community Affairs Officer, Lt. Cmdr. 
Schafler served as the Coast Guard liaison to the Anacostia 
Coordinating Council (ACC), a group that has been dedicated to the Ward 
8 community since 1983. Lt. Cmdr. Schafler was designated as the 
liaison when he approached Vice Admiral Manson Brown at an ACC meeting.
  Lt. Cmdr. Schafler also worked at the United States Department of the 
Interior for 25 years as a National Park Service Ranger, Federal Game 
Warden and Wildlife Refuge Manager at nine locations, from Alaska to 
Puerto Rico.
  Therefore, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
recognizing Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Schafler for his years of service to the 
U.S. government and the District of Columbia.

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