June 18, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1013 community activist in her South Sacramento semifinals, the furthest the team has ever Day Without Hunger. Over the past thirty neighborhood. Outside of elected office, she gone in playoffs. To be named the 4A Out- years, the Loaves & Fishes team has been spent twenty-two years working for Unilab standing Coach of the Year in Texas recog- committed to providing a hand up to those Medical Laboratories and Pacific Bell. Council- nizes more than just her success on the court. most in need in DuPage County with food as- woman Pannell was elected to the Sac- As a former high school and college basket- sistance and other services. ramento City Council in June of 1998, suc- ball player, I know what a difference an out- This organization has grown exponentially in ceeding her late husband, Samuel Pannell. As standing coach can make in a player’s life. size and scope in order to realize their vision a Councilwoman, she has been re-elected to Looking back on it now, I know it wasn’t our of ending hunger in DuPage County. In 1984, four-year terms in 2000, 2004, 2008 and again record that was most important, it was the les- the year of their founding, the Loaves & in 2012. She served as the City of Sac- sons I learned from playing the game. Coach Fishes team assisted eight households in the ramento’s Vice Mayor in 2001 and served with Fields just finished her 18th year at Terry High Naperville area, providing them with food to distinction for multiple years on the Board of School in Rosenberg, Texas. She has been sustain their families. Today, Loaves & Fishes Directors of the Sacramento Area Flood Cen- teaching and coaching for 23 years. Congratu- has expanded to serve all of DuPage County, tral Agency, Sacramento Regional Transit Dis- lations to Coach Fields on this recognition and helping thousands of families. Last year alone, trict and with a number of other special agen- thank you for your dedication to the Lady Loaves & Fishes distributed over 3,200,000 cies. Rangers Basketball team. pounds of food, serving 18,564 individuals. I have had the distinct pleasure of working f The Loaves & Fishes team has helped closely with Councilwoman Pannell to ensure close the gap for children who rely on school the that South Sacramento Streams Group RECOGNIZING DR. STANLEY food services. Since 2004, they have assisted flood protection project gets completed and CAHILL with school nutrition programs, ensuring that expensive flood insurance is no longer manda- Naperville students get meals during the sum- tory for our shared constituents. An unwaver- HON. JOHN F. TIERNEY mer months. Additionally, breakfast assistance ing champion of public transportation, Council- OF MASSACHUSETTS programs which they support give students a woman Pannell’s steadfast support for the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES proper meal to start the school day. light rail extension to Cosumnes River College Wednesday, June 18, 2014 In addition to food assistance, Loaves & Fishes has expanded to do even more to sup- has helped make that project a reality and it Mr. TIERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to port the community. Since 2011, Loaves & will be completed by September of next year. recognize Dr. Stanley Cahill for his 28 years of Councilwoman Pannell represented the City Fishes has supported Pathways to Empower- service at Salem State University, in Salem, of Sacramento well, serving the communities ment programs which provide assistance with Massachusetts, and to congratulate him on his of Meadowview, Parkway, North Laguna various services, from health care enrollment retirement. Creek, and Jacinto Creek. Her priorities in- Since 1986, Dr. Cahill has served the stu- to support in starting a job search. cluded economic development, education and dents and broader community at Salem State The Loaves & Fishes team not only pro- recreational programs for her constituents, as University. He joined the university as the vides food for those in need, but they also well as a steadfast commitment to create safer Dean of Student Life where he created the provide an opportunity for individuals to serve neighborhoods. Councilwoman Pannell was university’s first professional student affairs their friends and neighbors by volunteering. able to bring to her community the Valley Hi- program and laid the foundation for the pro- Truly, this organization empowers both recipi- North Laguna Library, which opened in 2009. gram that exists today. ents and volunteers. The beautiful full-service library has brought Most recently, Dr. Cahill served as the Uni- Today, I am proud to recognize Loaves & high-tech services and additional educational versity’s Executive Vice President. In this role, Fishes for the invaluable service the organiza- opportunities to a part of Sacramento that long he led the university’s enterprise risk manage- tion has provided and the thousands of lives had been underserved. ment program and coordinated the majority of they have touched. She also helped turn around the neighbor- university contracts and memoranda of under- f hood of Franklin Villa, and saw it transformed standing between the university and other HONORING BLANCHE IONE JONES into Phoenix Park. Councilwoman Pannell has agencies with which the university collabo- always put her constituents first and her rates. record of accomplishments is long and will not It is not surprising that after nearly three HON. BARBARA LEE be forgotten. It is very fitting that to mark her decades with the university, Dr. Cahill has be- OF CALIFORNIA retirement from the City Council that her col- come well known to many in the Salem com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leagues have voted to rename Meadowview munity. He has fostered relationships with Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Community Center in honor of her and her local officials and university neighbors and Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise late husband. strengthened the partnership between the uni- Mr. Speaker, as Councilwoman Bonnie today to honor the remarkable life of Mrs. versity and the City of Salem. Blanche Ione Jones, a loving and compas- Pannell’s family, friends, and colleagues gath- Dr. Cahill served Salem State University at sionate parent, sister, aunt and friend to many er to commemorate her for her service to the a time of dynamic growth and increased diver- throughout the country, and particularly in people of Sacramento, I ask my colleagues to sity, and he had a decidedly positive influence Jackson and Detroit, Michigan. I am joined in join me in acknowledging this dedicated public on the institution’s growth and enhanced rep- this tribute by Representative JOHN CONYERS servant, and true partner of mine, for helping utation. On a personal note, and as one who of Michigan. Mrs. Jones was a strong, kind make Sacramento a better place for families is a Salem State alumnus and former trustee, and gentle woman who cared for others and to live and prosper. I add my appreciation for all that Dr. Cahill has deeply loved her family and community. With f done for the university and the surrounding her passing on June 11, 2014, we look to her communities. LADY RANGERS BASKETBALL contributions to others, both big and small and Dr. Cahill has had a remarkable career in COACH WINS TOP STATE AWARD remember her with great joy. higher education that has spanned more than Blanche Jones graduated from Jackson 40 years and four universities and colleges. I High School in Jackson, Michigan in 1949. HON. PETE OLSON congratulate Stan on this achievement and She continued her education at Jackson Jun- OF TEXAS wish him all the best in his retirement. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ior College and received the Associate of Arts f Degree from Mercy College in Detroit, Michi- Wednesday, June 18, 2014 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LOAVES & gan. Following graduation she became a den- Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to FISHES tal hygienist for her cousin, Dr. Archie Millben, recognize Melissa Fields, the Terry High Sr., then the first and only African American School Lady Rangers basketball coach, who HON. BILL FOSTER dentist in Jackson, Michigan. was named the 2014 4A Outstanding Coach OF ILLINOIS In 1958 she met and married Mr. George of the Year in Texas. Coach Fields received W. Jones, Jr. and moved to Detroit. Blanche IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Dean Weese Outstanding Coach Award Jones demonstrated on a daily basis, her from the Texas Association of Basketball Wednesday, June 18, 2014 compassion and devotion to her late husband Coaches. The Lady Rangers were 22–10 on Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to of 34 years and their children. She admired the season and reached the regional recognize the Loaves & Fishes 7th annual and was especially proud that her cousin, Dr.

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Ethelene Jones-Crockett, Michigan’s first fe- Congresswoman GLORIA NEGRETE MCLEOD, state and his country with integrity and respect male African-American obstetrician and gyne- Congressman GEORGE MILLER, Congress- for building the politics of trust. We extend our cologist—who was also the wife of former woman GRACE NAPOLITANO, Congresswoman condolences to his brother Jim Vasconcellos, Congressman George W. Crockett, Jr.—deliv- NANCY PELOSI, Congressman SCOTT PETERS, his sister Margaret Brindle, his niece Beth ered her youngest three children. Congresswoman LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Brindle, his Hawaiian family, including his cho- Mrs. Jones devoted her career at Detroit Congressman RAUL RUIZ, Congressman ADAM sen son Mitch Saunders, his daughter-in-law Public Schools as a para-professional teach- SCHIFF, Congressman BRAD SHERMAN, Con- Cindy and his two beloved grandchildren ing assistant to ensuring that all children have gresswoman JACKIE SPEIER, Congressman Megan and Briana, as well as his devoted the opportunity to receive a quality education. ERIC SWALWELL, Congressman MARK TAKANO, staff, his large circle of extended friends and She was raised in the Church of Christ and re- Congressman MIKE THOMPSON, Congressman family in California, Hawaii and around the mained an active member throughout her life JUAN VARGAS, Congresswoman MAXINE world. teaching Bible class and serving on numerous WATERS, and Congressman HENRY WAXMAN to f committees. honor the life of our friend who distinguished Mrs. Blanche Jones was a close confidant himself for 38 years in public service, the Hon- FISCAL YEAR 15 TRANSPOR- to my mother, Mildred Massey and me. Re- orable John Vasconcellos, who died on May TATION, HOUSING, AND URBAN gardless of her health condition, she was al- 24, 2014, at his home in Santa Clara, Cali- DEVELOPMENT ways positive and upbeat. There was no ques- fornia. tion about her love and she generously shared John was born on May 11, 1932, in San HON. BETTY McCOLLUM it with everyone. Jose, California, to a Portuguese father and OF MINNESOTA Blanche Jones was a ‘‘woman of distinction German mother. He graduated from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bellarmine College Preparatory High School and grace’’. She loved clothes and I will al- Wednesday, June 18, 2014 ways remember wearing a white wool coat with top honors, and attended Santa Clara and hat that she loved. I shopped all over the University, graduating magna cum laude. After Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise in op- country looking for one to give her and regret- two years of service to his country in the position to the Fiscal Year 2015 Transpor- tably could not find one. I did give her a white Army, he graduated again at the top of his tation, Housing, and Urban Development (H.R. wool jacket—and my hat. The twinkle in her class from Santa Clara University’s Law 4745). This bill provides $1.8 billion less than eyes and her words of gratitude were remind- School. He practiced law before joining Gov- the FY 14 omnibus. It underfunds too many ers of her thankfulness for the small things in ernor Pat Brown’s staff, and was soon re- critical investments that maintain and support life. cruited by his many friends and admirers to our infrastructure and housing. Blanche was a brilliant woman. She read, run for a seat in the California State Assembly Specifically, I strongly oppose the dramatic kept up on current events and politics and had in 1966. This began almost forty years of pub- cut and new restrictions on the TIGER pro- her own very strong opinions about issues lic service. John was a legislator’s legislator. gram. House Republicans included only $100 which we discussed many times. Her family He had a brilliant intellect and a compas- million for TIGER grants, an 80 percent cut describes her as the Chairwoman on BNN: the sionate heart. He became the Chairman of the from FY 14. While this extreme cut in funding Blanche News Network. Assembly Ways and Means Committee, one is disappointing, more concerning are the re- strictions placed on the grant program. H.R. There is a tremendous void in my life now of the most powerful assignments in the Cali- 4745 specifically states that only highway, and I will miss her deeply. She touched the fornia Legislature. He proposed the State Task bridge, freight rail and port projects are eligible lives of many and leaves a legacy with her Force to Promote Self-Esteem in October for TIGER grants. Public transit, including light work and compassion that will long endure. In 1986, and in 1989, Speaker Willie Brown ap- rail and passenger rail, would no longer be eli- her memory, let us live our lives as Mrs. pointed him to Chair the Select Assembly gible for these critical dollars. Republican lead- Blanche Jones did and would want us to do— Committee on Ethics. He was elected to the ers repeatedly stated that the provision was as loving and supportive human beings. California State Senate in 1996, representing the heart of Silicon Valley, and served as inserted to focus TIGER grants on what they Today, California’s 13th Congressional Dis- Chairman of the Public Safety, Education, and call ‘‘essential projects.’’ In my district and trict joins Michigan’s 13th Congressional Dis- Economic Development Committees. many other communities across the country, trict to salute and honor a remarkable woman, John Vasconcellos’ 38 year tenure in the public transit is an essential project. My com- Mrs. Blanche Ione Jones. We will miss her tre- California Legislature was reflective of the in- munities depend on these dollars to help sup- mendously and know that her legacy and spirit novative Silicon Valley District he represented. port passenger rail and multimodal projects, will live on forever. He was a disruptor and a pioneering public such as light rail, streetcars and dedicated f servant who was ahead of his time. His legis- Bus Rapid Transit. In addition to TIGER, other transit initiatives A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF THE lative work is widely recognized for its were cut, including New Starts (a 13 percent LIFE OF THE HONORABLE JOHN groundbreaking innovations in public safety, VASCONCELLOS state budgets, ethics, health and human serv- cut) and Amtrak (a 14 percent cut). This ongo- ices, as well as in education. He wrote first-of- ing attack on public transit is unacceptable. its-kind legislation addressing AIDS research, Unfortunately, the investments in housing in HON. ANNA G. ESHOO medical marijuana, and family health. He this bill are also insufficient. HOME Investment OF CALIFORNIA wrote legislation combating toxic chemicals in Partnership Grants were cut by 30 percent, to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our atmosphere; he paved the way for mid- near historic lows. In my district, the HOME wives to practice; and he promoted child care program is used to help first time homebuyers Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at all public colleges. He saw the need before with the cost of a down payment and closing Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise with my others to modernize our education system and cost, which can be prohibitive for many buyers colleagues, Congresswoman KAREN BASS, make it affordable for all. He involved young looking for a first home of their own. Another Congressman XAVIER BECERRA, Congressman people in the political process, launching pro- program supported by HOME finances mainte- AMI BERA, Congresswoman JULIA BROWNLEY, grams like shadowing legislators in the State nance to preserve federally supported hous- Congresswoman LOIS CAPPS, Congressman Capitol. ing, especially important considering the short- TONY CA´RDENAS, Congresswoman JUDY CHU, John was an avid subscriber to the human- age of affordable housing. A 30 percent cut to Congressman JIM COSTA, Congresswoman potential movement therapies to deal with the these programs means fewer homebuyers SUSAN DAVIS, Congressman SAM FARR, Con- rage, tension and fear that continued to grow helped and critical repairs to decaying afford- gressman JOHN GARAMENDI, Congresswoman in our society. We called John our friend, and able housing are unaddressed. JANICE HAHN, Congressman JARED HUFFMAN, we were very proud to do so, but he was also Transportation and housing are the back- Congressman MIKE HONDA, Congresswoman a brother and a mentor to many of us and we bone of our communities. Stable, affordable BARBARA LEE, Congresswoman ZOE LOFGREN, will miss him always. housing and access to jobs helps to stabilize Congressman JERRY MCNERNEY, Congress- Mr. Speaker, we ask the entire House of communities and promote economic growth. woman LINDA SA´NCHEZ, Congresswoman LO- Representatives to join us in honoring Senator H.R. 4745 fails to sufficiently invest in our RETTA SANCHEZ, Congressman ALAN John Vasconcellos, a brilliant visionary with a communities and I urge my colleagues to op- LOWENTHAL, Congresswoman DORIS MATSUI, giant heart who served his constituents, his pose it.

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