[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 159 (Friday, September 29, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING WILLIAM (BILL) EMANUEL BARNABY

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 29, 2023

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
William (Bill) Emanuel Barnaby's 45 years of service to The Doctors 
Company, the practice of medicine, California, and his country 
throughout his lifetime and career.
  Mr, Barnaby was born in Ames, Iowa. His father was a contractor for 
the United States military during World War II, which caused the family 
to move around the Southern, and then Eastern parts of the country 
until they landed in Syracuse, New York. When Mr. Barnaby was 10 years 
old, his family moved to California and he graduated from Sacramento 
High School in 1954 at only 16 years old.
  In 1956, Mr. Barnaby joined the United States Army, completed Army 
basic training, and spent time stateside before being stationed 
overseas for active duty. The same year he married his wife, Jean 
Sanchez, and was stationed near Bordeaux, in the south of France. In 
late 1957, Mr. Barnaby was transferred from active duty to the United 
States Army Reserve, California Military District, in which he would 
serve until his Honorable Discharge in 1963. Upon his transfer from 
active duty to reserve duty, Mr. Barnaby returned to Sacramento with 
Jean. While working for the Department of Motor Vehicles and studying 
at Sacramento Junior College, Mr. Barnaby received an Associate of Arts 
degree in 1959. He and Jean continued their studies at University of 
California (UC), Davis, where Mr. Barnaby received a Bachelor of Arts 
in Political Science in 1961.
  While at UC Davis, Mr. Barnaby was bitten by the political bug and 
founded the Young Democrats on the UC Davis campus for the 1960 
presidential campaign. Mr. Barnaby then worked in the U.S. Capitol, 
first for a U.S. Representative from Sacramento, and then as a 
Congressional Investigator, where he was granted Top Secret Security 
Clearance by the U.S. Department of Defense. While in Washington, D.C., 
the Barnaby's welcomed their first child, William Emanual Barnaby III, 
in 1962.
  In 1964, Mr. Barnaby returned to Sacramento and was hired to be a 
Consultant on the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and by KXTV Channel 
10 in Sacramento as an election consultant. In 1966, the Barnaby's 
welcomed their second child, Kenneth Sanchez Barnaby. In 1967, Mr. 
Barnaby became a Consultant to the Assembly Education Committee. In 
1968, Mr. Barnaby was offered a job as Consultant to the Senate Health 
and Welfare Committee. From 1971 through 74, Mr. Barnaby attended the 
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, graduating with a 
Juris Doctor degree and was admitted to the California State Bar in 
1974.
  Mr. Barnaby left state service in 1976, when the chief lobbyist for 
the California Medical Association (CMA) hired him as CMA's first in-
house lobbyist who was also an actively licensed attorney. Mr. Barnaby 
did not remain a CMA employee for long, as in 1978 he started his own 
lobbying firm. Mr. Barnaby added several clients in 1978, some of which 
he still represents to this day. Since Mr. Barnaby started his lobbying 
firm, he has worked with all his immediate family members, some longer 
than others. In 2018, the Barnaby lobbying firm merged with a new firm, 
which is now known today as Resolute.
  Mr. Speaker, William (Bill) Emanuel Barnaby is known around the state 
capitol as a consummate historian of the legislature and for his deep 
institutional and healthcare policy expertise that are appreciated by 
all who know him.

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