[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 2, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E387-E388]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING LINDSAY RIGHTER

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 2, 2019

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Lindsay 
Righter. Lindsay has been with my team since I first took office, and 
left earlier this year after six years of service as an exemplary field 
representative for my constituents in Humboldt County, Trinity County, 
and Del Norte County. As a valued member of my staff, Lindsay has been 
essential to my work in the northern part of my congressional district, 
and of special note, has

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helped thousands of our country's veterans and other constituents with 
complicated issues.
  Lindsay grew up in Springfield, Illinois, and attended Southern 
Illinois University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in forestry. 
She moved to Humboldt County in June 2002 and worked with AmeriCorps 
Watershed Stewards from 2006 to 2008. In this role, she supervised 
staff and AmeriCorps members, and did demanding field work, including 
wading in some of the North Coast's most beautiful rivers counting 
salmon carcasses to better understand the condition of our vital fish 
populations.
  In March of 2009, Lindsay was hired as a field representative for the 
former 1st congressional district of California under Congressman Mike 
Thompson. She became a skilled caseworker with an affinity for helping 
veterans. After redistricting in 2012, I hired Lindsay in the same role 
and quickly recognized her as an asset to my team. Lindsay's eye for 
detail, her work ethic, and her dedication to helping the people of the 
new 2nd congressional district made her one of my most valuable 
employees. Her understanding of the issues in the district and her 
connections to the community--including sitting on boards for the Open 
Door Community Health Center and Redwood Parks Conservancy--helped me 
better understand issues in Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity counties. 
Lindsay increasingly focused on veterans' issues and health care, led 
event planning efforts, ran my Congressional Art Competition, and 
brought her extraordinary problem-solving skills to bear on an array of 
issues.
  Madam Speaker, as Lindsay moves on to Humboldt State University's 
College of Professional Studies in Arcata, I hope you will join me and 
my staff in wishing her the best in all her future endeavors. We will 
miss her joyful nature, her sense of duty and her deep competence, and 
I am grateful for her work on my constituents' behalf.

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