[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5818]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




A TRIBUTE TO PHYLLIS KIM--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 14, 2017

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Phyllis Kim of 
Glendale, California.
  Phyllis Kim received her Bachelor of Arts Degree and an 
Interpretation & Translation Certificate from the University of 
California, Los Angeles. Currently, she is a court interpreter in the 
Korean language in Los Angeles.
  For years, Ms. Kim has been very active with the Korean American 
Forum of California, which is dedicated to bringing public attention 
and recognition to the ``comfort women'' of World War II. From 1932 
until the end of World War II, over 200,000 women and girls throughout 
Asia, many of them kidnapped, threatened, or lured from their homes 
under false pretenses, were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial 
Armed Forces of Japan. Ms. Kim continues to raise awareness about these 
women, known as ``comfort women,'' and also works toward receiving a 
formal recognition and an apology from Japan for its past war crimes of 
sexual slavery by its military, and to prevent wartime crimes against 
women as well as children.
  Through the dedicated efforts of Ms. Kim and the Korean American 
Forum of California, the Comfort Women statue was built in Glendale, 
California. Phyllis makes every effort to visit the statue as often as 
she can to honor the Halmoni.
  Phyllis lives in Glendale with her husband of nine years, Roy Hong.
  I ask all Members to join me in honoring an exceptional woman of 
California's 28th Congressional District, Phyllis Kim.

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