[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 63 (Friday, April 12, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E340]
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                           HONORING NAM PHAM

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 12, 2024

  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the dedicated 
work and leadership of Mr. Nam Pham in service of improving the lives 
of immigrant families in our community in Santa Clara County. Mr. Pham 
passed away in March 2024.
  Mr. Nam Pham was born in 1955 in Saigon, Vietnam. In 1983, he arrived 
in Malaysia as a political refugee after escaping Vietnam by boat. He 
eventually arrived in Rhode Island in 1984 and settled in California 
the following year. He has been a resident of Santa Clara County for 
four decades.
  During his 40 years in our community, Mr. Pham produced hundreds of 
magazines, documentaries, and audio records to preserve Vietnamese 
history and culture in the United States in service of future.
  Since 2001, Mr. Pham served as Director of the Immigrant Resettlement 
& Cultural Center, Inc. (IRCC) and had extensive experience in our 
community of working with the Vietnamese immigrant population. He 
oversaw IRCC operations, including personnel, finance, as well as 
funded volunteer programs. IRCC was the very first community-based 
organization in Santa Clara County offering education and social 
services to the Vietnamese community.
  Since 2015, Mr. Pham helped host the ``Thank You, America'' annual 
event where Vietnamese Americans express gratitude and appreciation to 
the United States for rescuing them at sea and providing them a new 
home. Through IRCC and Dan Sinh Media, which he created, and which 
broadcasted programs nationwide through The Overseas Vietnam Radio 
Network, Mr. Pham worked to develop a health information network to 
help meet the health needs of Vietnamese Americans in our community.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend Mr. Nam Pham's commitment to bettering the 
lives of immigrants in our diverse, thriving community. His legacy in 
our community lives on through his projects. We have been lucky to have 
him, and he will be missed.

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