[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 26715]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH ``BIZ'' STEINBERG

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                            HON. LOIS CAPPS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 25, 1999

  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Elizabeth ``Biz'' 
Steinberg, executive director of the Economic Opportunity Commission of 
San Luis Obispo Inc. in my district in California. Last Friday, October 
22, Biz received the Excellence in Leadership Award from the California 
Association of Nonprofits in Oakland, California. She was chosen from a 
field of 37 leaders.
  I am obviously not alone in being terribly proud of Biz Steinberg. In 
the congratulatory letter sent to her in honor of this award, the CAN 
executive director said: ``The selection committee was overwhelmed by 
your consistent display of excellence and commitment both to your 
organization and the community. The work you are doing in San Luis 
Obispo is heroic and truly an inspiration to the nonprofit sector.''
  Indeed, Mr. Speaker, Biz is a hero to many of us. Her unflagging 
grace and tireless effort on behalf of the community she serves with 
daily passion inspires all who know her. For the past 15 years, Biz has 
headed the EOC in San Luis Obispo County. When Congress founded the EOC 
in 1965 during the War against Poverty, I am sure that Biz's is the 
kind of leadership that members of Congress envisioned: one of 
determination and cooperation and courage.

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