[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17281]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    IN TRIBUTE TO BARBARA R. ARNWINE

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 3, 2015

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that I rise to 
pay tribute to a dedicated champion and pivotal civil and human rights 
leader, Barbara R. Arnwine.
  On this important Election Day, where millions of Americans exercise 
their fundamental right to vote, it is exceptionally meaningful to 
applaud this remarkable hero.
  Barbara Arnwine has dedicated her life to making our world a better 
place, and because of her lifetime of achievements and victories, our 
history will be forever marked with confirmation that we have and 
continue to advance to a better place.
  Throughout her 25 years of service as the Executive Director of the 
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and nearly 10 years of 
prior service at the Boston Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and 
legal aid to the public of North Carolina, we have all benefited from 
her tireless advocacy and fight for justice.
  From the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the reauthorization 
of the Voting Rights Act in 2006, the development and expansion of 
Election Protection from 2004 through 2008, and steadfastly giving 
voice to those disenfranchised for criminal convictions and 
discriminatory practices nationwide, Barbara Arnwine has never backed 
down but continues to this day to lay the foundation for freedom and 
justice for every citizen.
  Not only in the critically important area of voting rights, Barbara 
Arnwine has left a beautiful and exemplary footprint on all necessary 
aspects of social justice, including community development, housing and 
lending, employment law, women's and immigration rights, criminal 
justice reform, racial profiling, affirmative action, healthcare, LGBTQ 
rights, environmental justice, and breaking down international barriers 
of racial oppression, discrimination and xenophobia in Africa and Asia.
  Barbara Arnwine is not only a phenomenal woman, she is a worldly 
warrior.
  It is with great pleasure that I thank Barbara Arnwine for her 
service to the cause of justice and wish her well as she embarks on her 
new journey in the continuing struggle for social justice and equal 
opportunity for all persons.

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