[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17896]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     CONGRATULATING TAYLOR CHAN ON HER RECEIPT OF A JEFFERSON AWARD

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                            HON. TOM LANTOS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 12, 2006

  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Miss Taylor 
Chan on her recent receipt of the Jefferson Award and to thank her for 
her ongoing community service to seniors in San Francisco. The 
Jefferson Award is given by the American Institute for Public Service, 
founded by Jacqueline Kennedy, Senators Robert Taft Jr. and Sam Beard. 
The award is considered the Nobel Prize for public and community 
service. I congratulate her on receiving this award, and am proud that 
she resides in my congressional district.
  Taylor Chan is unique among Jefferson Award winners in that she is a 
mere 13 years of age. For the last six years, since Taylor was the weak 
tender age of 8, she has been playing piano and violin for seniors at 
the Adult Day Health Center in San Francisco. Recognizing that many 
seniors have neither the financial resources nor the mobility to attend 
the opera or the symphony, Taylor and her older sister Tracy have been 
performing one-hour concerts to provide the seniors at the Adult Day 
Health Center with the gift of music. The seniors and the staff at the 
Health Center have roundly praised not only Taylor's generosity but her 
prodigious skill. While Taylor may still be in her formative years, she 
already has nine years of experience playing the piano and nearly six 
years playing the violin. I assert with great confidence that Miss Chan 
will accomplish a great many things more in the future as both a 
musician and a human being.
  Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to join me in thanking Taylor for 
her contribution to the senior community in San Francisco and 
congratulating her on this award. I am truly delighted and find 
inspiration in Taylor's accomplishments at such a young age.

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