[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18472]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING SISTER EILEEN McNERNEY

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
honor Sister Eileen McNerney, executive director of Taller San Jose in 
Santa Ana, California on the occasion of her retirement at the end of 
this month.
  Sister McNerney first arrived to the great city of Santa Ana in 1992, 
and she has made a significant contribution to bettering the lives of 
the Santa Ana youth through the workshop that she founded over 12 years 
ago, a workshop called Taller San Jose.
  Students at Taller San Jose learn to leave behind the violence of 
gangs, the harm of drugs and alcohol and the trauma of becoming a teen 
parent by training for a career in construction, computers and yes, 
even medicine.
  Taller San Jose, or Workshop San Jose, is a highly respected and 
recognized trade school within the city of Santa Ana, and it has 
received many domestic and international grants, awards and 
recognition.
  Sister McNerney's dedication to the youth of Santa Ana continues in 
her retirement, as she is encouraging Taller San Jose to find someone 
new, new leadership to infuse that leadership into that group.
  She is an extraordinary example of community leadership. She is a 
friend, and I thank her for her years of service to our community.

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