[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E132-E133]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING ROBERT B. JACKSON OF NEW ORLEANS

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                          HON. TROY A. CARTER

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 9, 2022

  Mr. CARTER of Louisiana. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Robert B. Jackson, a public servant who has served the citizens of New 
Orleans with humility and professionalism for over forty-two years. He 
began as a Public Health Educator Supervisor with the New Orleans 
Department of Health from 1981 to 1988 where he served as a member of 
the department's grant writing team and the CPR instruction team.
  I met Mr. Jackson in his most recent role as Director of Community 
and Intergovernmental

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Relations at the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans serving our 
great City over the past thirty-three years. His stellar work 
benefitted directors Harold J. Gorman, Marcia A. St. Martin, Cedric 
Grant and Ghassan Karban, assuring the needs of their customers.
  Under his leadership, the Sewerage and Water Board's Water Education 
Program for public and parochial schools in the City of New Orleans met 
EPA requirements for public information and community education, 
thereby providing compliance with Consent Decree requirements for that 
component until recent years.
  During Mr. Jackson's tenure at the Board, they successfully sponsored 
the Water Help Run/Walk-a-thon from 1992 to 1996 to help support the 
Water Help Program for elderly and handicapped in our community
  And in the days following Hurricane Katrina, Robert B. Jackson was 
instrumental in securing emergency fuel, satellite phones, supplies and 
equipment to help stabilize water operations during the emergency. 
Then, by the second week of September 2005, a temporary headquarters 
with forty-four offices was secured, furnished and operational in order 
to provide continuity of service for displaced customers and employees 
needing to connect with the Board.
  There are only a few employees who can credit their career to include 
entrusted service under five Mayors--Sidney J. Barthelemy, Marc H. 
Morial, C. Ray Nagin, Mitchell Landrieu and LaToya Cantrell.
  The entire New Orleans community is grateful to Mr. Jackson for his 
dedicated service, and I want to express my sincere congratulations to 
him ahead of his well-deserved retirement.

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