Tammy Duckworth

Mr. President, along with my colleague Senator Mike Crapo, we join in honoring Jennifer Anderson, registered dietitian, for her commitment to children's health. We thank her for sharing about her work with the Senate Moms group.

As the founder of Kids Eat in Color and the CEO of BetterBites, Jennifer Anderson supports parents navigating the challenges of feeding their children well by sharing education, strategies, and resources focused on nutrition and eating. She also works with healthcare providers by offering resources and an

accredited continuing education workshop to prevent and treat Avoidant/ Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and extreme picky eating in patients.

Jennifer's career of over 20 years has focused on nutrition and public health. She earned a master of science in public health from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and worked as a nutritionist information specialist and consultant at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. After utilizing her experience to navigate her own children's growth struggles and extreme picky eating, she dedicated her expertise to supporting other parents.

Our staff lead the Senate Moms group, a bipartisan group of more than 200 moms employed by the U.S. Senate. The group's regular meetings and internal resources in the Senate help working moms feel united and supported in navigating the Senate workplace and raising children in the Washington, DC, area.

Thank you, Jennifer, for your inspiring work that empowers families and healthcare professionals to advance children's health and nutrition. You have encouraged the many moms who help keep the U.S. Senate functioning day-to-day. We wish you the best in all the future offers you.

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Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a remarkable achievement by one of my constituents and a beloved member of the Chicago community. Mr. Joabe Barbosa, a graduate student from Brazil pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology at Roosevelt University, completed a monumental and inspiring undertaking last Sunday: running every street in Chicago. He traveled more than 4,000 miles across all 77 of Chicago's neighborhoods becoming, by all accounts, the first individual to do so. I commend Mr. Barbosa for his incredible accomplishment.

Completing the run is impressive in its own right, but what moved me most was Mr. Barbosa's inspiring message of community, humanity, and joy. On every run, in every video, Mr. Barbosa found local families inviting him in to share a meal, neighborhood children wanting to race, communities welcoming him as one of their own, and Chicagoans sharing their stories of togetherness and love.

In a time when division dominates the airwaves, I thank Mr. Barbosa for showing the best of our shared humanity and reminding Chicagoans of the wisdom and truth captured in the enduring words of Dr. Maya Angelou: ``We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.''

This past weekend, Mr. Barbosa finished his extraordinary run in true Chicago fashion, gathering thousands of his neighbors to run alongside him from Oak Street and Michigan Avenue to Buckingham Fountain to help him spread a joyous message of love and community.

Mr. Barbosa, I thank you with all my heart for telling this story and for showing the world that Chicago truly is the greatest city in the world.