[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING JOAN MULHERN

  (Mr. WELCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELCH. I rise to honor a person whose time was short, but whose 
contribution was great. Joan Mulhern passed away this past December at 
the age of 51. Joan graduated from the University of Vermont, and she 
very quickly made a name for herself as a fierce and extremely 
effective advocate for the environment in her position with the Vermont 
Public Interest Research Group.
  Although Joan then left Vermont to pursue a law degree here in 
Washington, D.C., and later went on to a very successful and effective 
career at Earth Justice, Vermont never left Joan.
  The values with which she pursued her passion for a clean environment 
and for a sustainable environment were ones Vermonters know well. She 
was relentless, she was tenacious, she was tireless, she was kind, and 
she was very effective.
  As Joan's friends have noted, she would have been uncomfortable with 
all the tributes that have been paid to her, but she'll have to give us 
a pass on this one because she certainly lived a life worthy of praise 
and honor.

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