[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 161 (Monday, October 2, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H4948-H4949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING REVEREND JEANNETTE PHILLIPS

  (Mr. LAWLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LAWLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Reverend Jeannette 
Phillips who passed away last month. She devoted decades of service to 
the healthcare needs of the disadvantaged in the Hudson Valley, 
culminating in her founding of the Peekskill Area Ambulatory Healthcare 
Center in 1975.
  Over the course of her life of service, Reverend Phillips received 
myriad of awards and recognitions, including the New York State 
Governor's Award for African Americans of Distinction in 1994, the 
CHCANYS Catherine M. Abate Memorial Award in 2018, and Crain's Notable 
Women in Healthcare in 2019.
  She also received the Sojourner Truth Award as well as the Harriet

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Tubman Award for her work as the Westchester District president of the 
Harriet Tubman Home Historical Society.
  Reverend Phillips is survived by three daughters, two sons, and more 
than 100 grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-
grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to enter her name into the Congressional 
Record and recognize Reverend Jeannette Phillips, a trailblazing 
humanitarian, historic preservationist, and a proud matriarch.

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