earned a degree in education from american university and taught english as a second language in the fairfax county public school system. she taught middle school students from many countries. irene's husband marty passed away in january 2013. marty who was 93 was a combat veteran of the second world war seeing action in north africa, italy, and elsewhere in europe. he had a long and distinguished career as a geologist with the federal government. irene and marty were married for 63 years. irene and marty have three children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. her daughter, leslie, is here with her in the front row. irene became a volunteer for this museum eight years ago and this is her eighth time speaking as part of the first- person program. she also speaks frequently to audiences in other settings. just this past monday she spoke to 500 students at a local high school. in 2015 irene travel to germany with her daughter leslie to be present at the trial of former ss member oscar grooming who was a guard at auschwitz. irene was a coplaintiff in the trial. and again in february

ed rosler. [ applause ] ed rosler, fairfax county police department. >> kerry sweeper, assistant director of the federal bureau of investigation. vince tolucchi, executive director international association of the chief of police. dwayne crawford, executive director, national organization of black law enforcement executives. [ applause ] >> kevin morrison, deputy director police executive research forum. >> blake norton, senior vice president, the police foundation. laura lanham, assistant chief of police. thank you all. the goritwitz service award was set up to recognize leaders serving our nation and in the words of the adl charter, securing fair treatment and justice for all. those who received the award, you can find the full list in the program are among the most important influential leaders of law enforcement. i am particularly honored to recognize today a leader who embodies the spirit of these ideals and public service. the chief of the houston police department. [ applause ] with more than 5,000 sworn officers and 1,civilian support personnel, hpd is one of the largest police de

i think that in highly -- again, prince william county, my home county, loudon county to the north, fairfax county more pafrt core of northern virginia, the conversation really has shifted from how do we shorten people's commutes rather than ease be people's commutes. i think, you know, sort of national news surrounding the decision to locate amazon's hq2 in arlington. it's a big deal. 25,000 to 35,000 jobs over the next ten years. amazon made clear that they were only going to go to a place where their employees could get to work on transit. they recognize that dropping that many jobs in any place in the country all at once was not going to be solved with more lane miles and more exit ramps. so again the northern virginia transportation authority and the state are making big investments in transit because, going back to the previous point, those are the investments that have the biggest impact in this situation. and i think the notion of not looking for a one size fits all, the notion that somehow every problem could be -- >> but in this situation because there is already so many lanes? wh

how do i explain to my rural african-american folks that they should subsidize housing in fairfax, virginia? how do i do that? >> this is a high rent district. it's an expensive place to live like your staffers. >> they already subsidize that by paying taxes. tax dollars go to pay these people that live in your community. now you want them to subsidize their cost of living. >> it's an expensive place to live. >> you said in your testimony that people move to your community because of the beautiful area and lives right next to oyster bay. that's wonderful. i live in a beautiful area too. what you're asking me to do is go back and tell my folks, the poor rural black folks of south carolina that they need to because we're going to restore this tax deduction, they have to pay more taxes. they will be subsidizing these people because you don't want them to pay. we want the federal government to subsidize that. how do i explain to somebody's whose income is one fourth. how do i explain to them they should subsidize part of the cost of living in long island. >> i only know what my own community is