[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21644]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LINDA STONE

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                            HON. ADAM SMITH

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 18, 2015

  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor and 
congratulate Linda Stone--a longtime anti-hunger advocate in Seattle--
on her retirement.
  For the last 30 years, Linda has been a prominent leader in the fight 
to end hunger. She is known throughout the region for her tenure as the 
Food Policy Director for the Children's Alliance, a public-policy 
organization that advocates for the needs of children. Her history also 
includes service as the Director of the Governor's Task Force on Hunger 
and as the founder of the Washington Food Policy Action Center.
  Linda served as the driving force behind a strategic plan to end 
childhood hunger in Washington State and to create a summer meals 
program for children who experience food insecurity when not in school. 
She also showed transformative leadership through her involvement with 
the Western Regional Anti-Hunger Consortium, a coalition of 10 western 
states that collaborate on anti-hunger initiatives. She led the 
coalition's efforts to secure over $6 billion in funding for the 
national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). She also 
helped to create a system that assisted local farmers at community 
farmers markets to sell affordable fresh fruits and vegetables in areas 
that previously lacked affordable access.
  Linda has been recognized for her extraordinary efforts numerous 
times, including being named National Child Advocate of the Year in 
1997 by Voices for America's Children. She is acknowledged by her 
colleagues as having been an unwavering and powerful champion for 
families that experience food insecurity.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that I congratulate Linda Stone 
on her retirement and recognize her tremendous impact in the fight to 
end hunger, the work she has done in Washington State and beyond.

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