[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 33 (Friday, February 23, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E210]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




HONORING OF BARBARA MARSHMAN ON THE OCCASION OF HER RETIREMENT FROM THE 
                         SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 23, 2018

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Barbara Marshman on her 
extraordinary thirty year career at the San Jose Mercury News. After 
working at small community papers in the Philadelphia area, and serving 
as a Knight Fellow at Stanford in 1987, she joined the staff of the 
Mercury News and rose to become its Editorial Page Editor, a post she 
excelled in for the past ten years. Her departure has been called a 
great loss, and she has been praised as compassionate. and one of the 
most respected journalists in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  Barbara Marshman advocated for Net Neutrality and urged understanding 
of the global economy. She reported with wisdom, wit and a sure eye for 
hyperbole on many issues, including housing, political campaigns, open 
space, historic preservation, and extending BART to San Jose. She wrote 
about the ``Year of the Woman'' and advocated for the ``Era of Women.'' 
She lauded the #MeToo movement and noted social media's part in making 
this movement so powerful. She wrote poignantly that ``When women have 
a fail' share of the power, and the support to stand up to it, the 
world will be better for everyone. Our sons as well as our daughters.''
  Barbara Marshman will not go quietly into retirement. She will 
continue to live in San Jose and will lend her voice in different ways 
to the causes and concerns in our community. Whatever pulpit she 
chooses, we can be sure that hers will be a strong, effective and 
eloquent voice for what is right and sensible.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Barbara 
Marshman and her extraordinary career that enlightened so many. Her 
unique voice has bettered our community and strengthened our country.

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