[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10753]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         TRIBUTE TO WENDY WAYNE

  (Mr. McCARTHY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. McCARTHY of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
longtime Bakersfield icon, Wendy Wayne, who passed away on June 17 
after a 4-year struggle with cancer. Wendy was the type of person who 
would go out of the way for those in need, personally taking action to 
make sure that those in need were helped. She was instrumental in 
leading the Community Connection for Child Care in Bakersfield, and 
later the First 5 Kern organization which served the youth of our 
community.
  One of my fondest memories is from just 2 years ago when Wendy joined 
me in this House. She was my guest for the State of the Union. 
Sometimes we had philosophical differences, but it never changed our 
friendship.
  Wendy will forever be known as the Mother Teresa of Bakersfield. She 
will be missed, but her deeds and her life will not be forgotten.

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