[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 130 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E807-E808]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING DR. REBECCA CRANE AS A 28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF 
                                THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 26, 2021

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Dr. Rebecca 
Crane of the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
  Born in California but raised primarily in Connecticut, Rebecca 
returned to California in the late 1980's where she attended the 
University of California San Diego graduating with a degree in Visual 
Arts with minors in biology and chemistry. After a year of working on 
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immunization project in Paraguay and an HIV screening clinic in Los 
Angeles, she attended Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, 
where she obtained her Medical Doctor and Master of Public Health 
degrees. Dr. Crane completed her medical residency in combined internal 
medicine and pediatrics in Los Angeles and became an attending 
physician at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, where she 
worked as a primary care physician, and was a breastfeeding advocate 
for mothers in the newborn nursery. Rebecca moved to Urgent Care after 
several years in Family Medicine to accommodate the needs of her family 
and other pursuits. Acting on her passion to advance women's health, 
Dr. Crane led a committee at Kaiser to make the hospital a Baby 
Friendly Hospital.
  Rebecca and her family moved to Silver Lake in 2008, where her 
children attended local schools, including Micheltorena Street 
Elementary School. One of Rebecca's greatest accomplishments has been 
as an active member from 2008 to 2015 of Friends of Micheltorena, the 
support group for the school, where she helped to revitalize the school 
and bring in a dual-language program, in addition to being a founding 
member of the Micheltorena School and Community Garden.
  As an essential frontline worker during the coronavirus (COVID-19) 
pandemic, Rebecca has been grateful to be able to serve her community 
through this crisis. She experienced the fear, sorrow, uncertainty, and 
exhaustion that accompanied most frontline workers at the outset of the 
pandemic, but the fear subsided after treating her first COVID-19 
patient and she settled into the comfort of work, as Kaiser's Urgent 
Care was adapted into two separate units, with a temporary testing 
facility in the garage. Earlier this year Rebecca assisted in 
organizing a three-day event at Kaiser called ``A Time to Grieve, a 
Time to Heal,'' to commemorate all the patients, family members, and 
loved ones her fellow healthcare workers had lost during the pandemic, 
and to honor all the hospital staff.
  In her spare time, Rebecca enjoys spending time with her husband, 
Jordan and their two children, Lucy and Hollis, in addition to hiking, 
camping, and gardening.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring this 
exceptional, well-respected woman of California's 28th Congressional 
District, Dr. Rebecca Crane.

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