[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2026)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING RHONDA SPENCER AS A DISTINGUISHED LEADER IN CENTRAL FLORIDA 
                       FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 30, 2026

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Rhonda Spencer as a 
Distinguished Leader in Central Florida for Women's History Month. 
Rhonda Spencer has experienced an exceptional year. She has worked 
incredibly hard to improve not only her and her family's lives but also 
the lives of working people throughout the state of Florida.
  Rhonda is an Orlando native, born April 18, 1977, to Mr. Ronald 
Spencer and Ms. Kathy Williams. She is the mother of three incredible 
children: Abryll, Zariah, and Autavious, who she has raised with her 
husband, Alain, right in the heart of Central Florida. After living in 
Jacksonville for some time, she relocated back to Orlando, where she 
encountered significant challenges as a working mom, including 
homelessness, food insecurity, and the responsibility of raising 
children amidst these adversities.
  Rhonda has proudly worked for Aramark at the Lockheed Martin facility 
on Sand Lake Road for fourteen and a half years as a food service 
worker, making sure that the folks who build the machinery that keeps 
our country safe are well fed and taken care of. Many of them are proud 
members of UAW Local 177. Rhonda and her coworkers decided that they 
too deserved the benefits that come with a strong labor union and a 
fair contract. In March of 2025, she and her coworkers achieved just 
that, winning incredible raises, quality and affordable healthcare, and 
a pension with their union, Unite Here! Local 362.
  Rhonda and her family are now living in a beautiful home in Orlando 
and enjoying all those hard-won benefits. What really makes her 
special, though, is that even after winning all that, she and a team of 
almost all women returned to Jacksonville to help her fellow food 
service workers there achieve the same this past October.
  Rhonda Spencer represents the epitome of the American Dream, and the 
strength that women show every day in our great country.

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