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“CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF PAM BROWN LARSEN” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E475-E476 on May 22, 2020.
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The publication is reproduced in full below:
CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF PAM BROWN LARSEN
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HON. DAN NEWHOUSE
of washington
in the house of representatives
Friday, May 22, 2020
Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, today, the Tri-Cities community celebrates and honors the career of Pam Brown Larsen. For the past 25 years, Pam has served as Executive Director of Hanford Communities, an intergovernmental cooperative organization embraced by four cities, two counties, and a port district. Pam began this journey in 1994 when she became the first and only person to fill the position created by the City of Richland.
Throughout her career, Pam has been a steadfast advocate for the cleanup of the Hanford Site and for the people and communities surrounding it. Her leadership has been crucial to the progress seen at the 586 square mile site. Pam has played a pivotal role in increasing the public's access to information about Hanford, and her efforts advocating for a cost-effective, safe, and prompt cleanup will continue to shape the mission at the site in the years to come.
Pam has not only been an expert on nuclear cleanup issues at the local level; she has also shared her collaborative leadership model at the national and international levels as well.
The Tri-Cities was the only Department of Energy community with a government advocacy association at the time of its creation. Since then, communities like those in Los Alamos, New Mexico and Oak Ridge, Tennessee have followed the example of Hanford Communities in creating their own associations. Pam has gone on to share her model of waste cleanup community advocacy with agency leaders in Fukushima, Japan. Her leadership has made, and will continue to make, a sustaining mark on the cleanup efforts of the future.
Pam, it is an honor to know you, both as a constituent, and as a friend. I know I am not alone in thanking you for your years of service and in wishing you the very best in retirement. Congratulations.
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