[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   CONGRESSWOMAN LOIS CAPPS HONORED AS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AT THE 
                UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 7, 2000

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I offer my congratulations to my 
very distinguished colleague, the Honorable Lois Capps, on her 
recognition as the Distinguished Alumni Award recipient this year at 
the University of California, Santa Barbara. Lois Capps represents a 
large Congressional district that includes Santa Barbara and San Luis 
Obispo Counties.
  Lois received a Master's Degree from UCSB in 1990, at a time when the 
prospects ever serving in Congress would have seemed very remote. A 
loving wife of a University Professor, our beloved former colleague 
Walter Capps, and mother of three wonderful children, Lois earned her 
Master's degree from the School of Education in early childhood 
behavior. This degree improved her skills and leadership as a nurse in 
the Santa Barbara School District, as an instructor in early childhood 
development at the Santa Barbara Community College, and as the Director 
of Santa Barbara County's Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting Project and 
the Parent and Child Enrichment Center.
  The past ten years since she received her Master's Degree at UCSB 
have seen many changes in her life. Lois has earned the respect of her 
constituents and her colleagues here in Congress with her hard work, 
dedication to the family and childhood issues that are so important to 
her, and strength in times of unfathomable tragedy.
  As a member of the House, Lois has served as a member of the Science 
and International Relations Committees before assuming her current 
position on the Commerce Committee, where she serves on the Health and 
the Environment and Finance and Hazardous Material Subcommittees. Lois 
has made her mark in legislation where she is a vigorous advocate for 
the Patient's Bill of Rights, Medicare reform, mental health, 
environment, high technology, and telecommunications issues.
  Lois' recognition by the UCSB Alumni Association is altogether 
appropriate. She was a member of the University community as a spouse, 
student, and now as a distinguished alumnus and Congressional 
representative. She loves the UCSB campus, and the campus community of 
faculty, administrators, and students return that affection many 
thousand-fold.
  Mr. Speaker, we should all be proud of this recognition Lois Capps 
has received in her district. She continues to bring distinction to our 
institution and our state, and is an inspiration to all whose lives she 
has touched.

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