[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 116 (Thursday, July 11, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E906-E907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING TITO SASAKI

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 11, 2019

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today with the 
Honorable Jared Huffman to recognize Tito Sasaki on his induction to 
the Sonoma County Farm Bureau Hall of Fame. His induction to the Hall 
of Fame signifies his commitment to Sonoma County's agricultural 
community and efforts to protect our 500,000 acres of cherished 
farmland.

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  Mr. Sasaki was born in 1938 in Tokyo, Japan. He has pursued his 
education in many different subjects and countries. He attended a 
seminary run by German Jesuits, studied mechanical engineering at a 
Japanese university, received a degree with honors in industrial design 
from the Royal College of Art in London, earned his Master of Science 
in Ekistics from Athens Technical Institute in Greece, completed 
postgraduate studies at the Institute of Traffic and Transpiration 
Engineering at UC Berkeley, and studied oceanography at the Scripps 
Institute at UC San Diego.
  Mr. Sasaki has worked tirelessly on water issues in Sonoma County for 
over twenty years. He has devoted much of his time to developing water 
solutions and strategies, namely a balance between the water needs of 
farmers, fish, and urban residents. His work with the County was 
integral for the implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater 
Management Act. Mr. Sasaki joined the Sonoma County Farm Bureau in 1985 
after he and his wife bought their ranch and began to revive a 
neglected vineyard on the property. He has sat on the Sonoma County 
Farm Bureau Board of Directors for over fifteen years and was President 
of the Board from 2013 to 2014. He is also a member and past Chairman 
of Sonoma County Farm Bureau's Water Committee and a member of the 
Natural Resources Committee. In addition to his service at the Sonoma 
County Farm Bureau, Mr. Sasaki was a member of the Board of the Sonoma 
Ecology Center and is a member of the California Farm Bureau Federation 
Water Committee.
  In addition to his contributions to Sonoma County Farm Bureau and our 
farming community, Mr. Sasaki is the President of Quantum Mechanics 
Corporation. Mr. Sasaki is known for his astute analytical skills, 
which he has employed in his work to help farmers and landowners.
  Madam Speaker, Tito Sasaki is an integral member of our farming 
community and is deserving of his induction to the Sonoma County Farm 
Bureau Hall of Fame. It is therefore fitting and proper that we honor 
him here today.

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