[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 4, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1477]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING SERGEANT JUAN ZAMORA

  (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUIZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Riverside County 
Sheriff's Department Sergeant Juan Zamora and celebrate his decades-
long career. Sergeant Zamora is a devoted public servant, a great 
father, a caring husband, and my good friend.
  We both grew up in the Coachella Valley; we both graduated from 
Coachella Valley High School; and we are both the proud sons of 
farmworkers. In fact, it is in the fields where Sergeant Zamora gained 
an appreciation for honest, hard work, and it is that very same 
appreciation that fueled his desire to serve his community and drove 
him to become the first in his family to go to college.
  In 1997, he joined the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, rising 
through the ranks and serving as public information officer before his 
appointment to sheriff's sergeant in 2010. As the recipient of the 
Lifesaving Award and the Unit Citation Award, he has received 
recognition for all that he has done to protect and inspire our 
community.
  I thank Sergeant Zamora for his years of service. I wish him a long 
and happy retirement filled with many more fond memories and plenty of 
that barbecue shrimp he loves.
  I am proud of him; our community is proud of him; and I know that 
Carmen, Matthew, and Nicholas are proud of him, too.

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