[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING E. RICHARD JONES AND THE E. RICHARD JONES FAMILY FOUNDATION

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 21, 2019

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. 
Rick Jones and the E. Richard Jones Family Foundation for their 
contribution to our Napa Valley community, and Community Health 
Initiative.
  Mr. Jones received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and a 
Master in Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of 
Business. For as long as he has resided in the Napa Valley, Mr. Jones 
has been deeply involved in and committed to our community. Mr. Jones 
has worked to better the health and well-being of Napa residents 
through his foundation, The E. Richard Jones Family Foundation. The 
Foundation has been critical to the success of Community Health 
Initiative. The Foundation provided seed funding to Community Health 
Initiative to become the first non-profit health insurance broker in 
California that is motivated by the need to assist vulnerable 
populations and provide access to health care services in the public 
and private markets. Additionally, The E. Richard Jones Family 
Foundation was instrumental in registering over 18,000 people for 
health insurance and providing them with access to care.
  Mr. Jones is active in our community in addition to his work with his 
foundation. He is a current Board Member and former Board President of 
the Napa Valley Vintners Association, the Board Chair of OLE Health and 
Raising a Reader, and a Board Member of NapaLearns, St. Helena 
Hospital, and the St. Helena Hospital Foundation. Through his work on 
these boards and through Community Health Initiative, Mr. Jones is 
admirably working to improve the health of the residents of Napa 
County.
  Madam Speaker, Rick Jones is a friend of mine, a kind and generous 
person and his organization, the E. Richard Jones Family Foundation, is 
essential to the continual improvement of our community. It is 
therefore fitting and proper that we honor them both here today.

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