[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN MEMORY OF CANDACE CARROLL

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Peters) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PETERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today in memory of Candace Carroll, 
a longtime San Diego attorney, constituent, and friend.
  To say Candace was a trailblazer would be an understatement. I don't 
know how many women entered the legal profession in 1974, the year 
Candace graduated from Duke Law School. I do know that, just 4 years 
earlier, there were only 13,000 women lawyers in the entire United 
States. Today, there are more than half a million.
  Candace said of Duke Law: It was the first place I had ever been 
where, if you were a fairly loud, smart, and opinionated woman who put 
your hand up all the time, you were welcomed.
  Indeed, Candace was never one to stay silent. Her accomplishments 
reflect that.
  Her impressive legal career included a clerkship with the D.C. 
Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, 7 years as an appellate attorney for the 
National Labor Relations Board, and she practiced with Sullivan Hill 
Rez & Engel in San Diego for 30 years.
  A mother of three, she advocated for women attorneys who were 
struggling to juggle a work-life balance, and she was also a champion 
for underserved communities, serving on the boards of San Diego 
Volunteer Lawyers, the national and local ACLU, and the San Diego 
chapter of the International Rescue Committee.
  She cared about the next generation of attorneys. She taught seminars 
at Duke Law and the University of San Diego School of Law, where she 
supervised a Ninth Circuit legal clinic. She and her husband, Len, 
established fellowships at Duke to aid students working in nonpaid 
public interest positions during law school.
  Candace also loved the arts. She served on the board of directors of 
the San Diego Opera and was credited with helping save the organization 
from being forced to shut down.
  Madam Speaker, if everything I have mentioned doesn't reflect someone 
who has embraced a life of giving back, Candace also served as 
President of the San Diego County Bar Association and the California 
Women Lawyers, and chaired Senator Barbara Boxer's San Diego-area 
advisory committee for Federal judge and U.S. attorney nominations.
  Sadly, Candace died from leukemia at her home in San Diego on January 
24 with her husband, Len, and her sons, Daniel, Matthew, and David by 
her side. She was an inspiration to those who were lucky enough to know 
her friendship, compassion, and commitment to service firsthand, and 
San Diego is a better place because of her.


Designation of Tijuana River as One of America's Most Endangered Rivers

  Mr. PETERS. Madam Speaker, I rise to mark the unfortunate designation 
today of the Tijuana River as one of America's most endangered rivers. 
While it gives me no pride that the Tijuana River is receiving this 
distinction, it will help bring critical attention to this 
environmental catastrophe and public health threat.
  The sewage crisis has plagued the river for far too long, harming the 
environment, public health, tourism, our national security, and 
residents' quality of life.
  We are finally beginning to turn the page on this crisis, thanks to 
advocacy efforts like this, and soon the story of the Tijuana River 
will, I hope, be one of triumph and not tragedy.
  Last month, we celebrated a victory when we secured $156 million for 
the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission's construction 
budget. This money will go toward fixing and upgrading the South 
Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant. It keeps us on track to 
begin work this year, but there is still a lot more to be done.

  We will need to secure additional funding over the next few years to 
ensure this project is completed without delay and at the fully 
intended capacity.
  I will continue working with my colleagues here in Congress to end 
this crisis so that, one day, the Tijuana River earns the distinction 
of being an environmental jewel and not an environmental disaster.

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