[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 118 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY OF JACKIE ROWE-ADAMS

  (Mr. GOLDMAN of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the 
birthday of Ms. Jackie Rowe-Adams and her inspirational life and 
remarkable accomplishments.
  Jackie suffered the devastating loss of not one but two sons to gun 
violence in her Harlem neighborhood. Rather than succumb to her sorrow, 
she turned her heartbreaking pain into a powerful purpose by founding 
Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E., an organization dedicated to ending the 
traumatic scourge of gun violence in this country.
  Always dressed in brightly colored matching outfits, Jackie is a 
fixture in her community, having served on multiple community boards, 
as president of her school board, and on a number of other boards and 
commissions. However, it is her dedication to her neighborhood's youth 
and her activism in ending gun violence that has drawn the admiration 
and respect of everyone in New York City.
  It is an honor to know Jackie and a privilege to consider her a 
friend, and it is an even greater honor to be able to share her 
inspiring story here on the House floor. I wish her the happiest of 
birthdays.

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