[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   RECOGNIZING LAUREN MORRIS SCHULMAN

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise this afternoon to 
recognize the remarkable career of Lauren Morris Schulman. After more 
than 13 years, Ms. Schulman is retiring as the Florida political 
director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, the 
largest pro-Israel advocacy organization in the country.
  Lauren began her political career 26 years ago and served in a 
variety of positions with the late Congressman Bill Lehman, E. Clay 
Shaw, Jr., Florida State Senator Gwen Margolis, and Miami-Dade County 
Commissioner Sally Heyman.
  Lauren has adroitly mobilized and engaged Florida's pro-Israel 
community. She has led our citizen activists in building relationships 
with Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, key to the success 
of the pro-Israel movement.
  Lauren has helped all Floridians understand how, against all odds, 
Israel has become a prospering democracy whose groundbreaking 
contributions in technology, medicine, and environmental innovation 
have benefited the world.
  Lauren's commitment to our community and the State of Israel is 
exemplary, and I am proud to call her my constituent and good friend. 
Our loss is her husband Cliff's and her family's gain. I wish a hearty 
mazel tov to Lauren and thank her for her invaluable work.

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