Diane Watson
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"Diane Edith Watson" is a former United States House of Representatives/US Representative for , serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party. The district is located entirely in Los Angeles County and includes much of Central Los Angeles, as well as such wealthy neighborhoods as Los Feliz.

A native of Los Angeles, Watson is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and also holds degrees from California State University, Los Angeles and Claremont Graduate University. She worked as a psychologist, professor, and health occupation specialist before serving as a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District/Los Angeles Unified School Board (1975–78). She was a member of the California Senate from 1978 to 1998, and the United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia/US Ambassador to Micronesia from 1999 to 2000.

Watson was elected to Congress in a 2001 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Julian C. Dixon. She was re-elected four times, but retired after the end of the 111th United States Congress/111th Congress.

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My hopes are that the naming of this post office facility is only the first of many tributes for a man who started from nowhere to end up a national treasure and global phenomenon.

It looks dysfunctional to me right now.

Don't close it. Don't shrink it. Don't hack it up, ... Don't starve it of resources. Don't drain it of its professional talent. Don't hand it over to strangers. Don't pass the buck. Don't ignore it, and don't abandon the people it serves day in and day out.

I know the frustration you must feel, ... I feel it too?. I'm here to ask you not to yield, because there are still families that need a hospital in South Los Angeles, who deserve one, and who do, in fact, have one, battered as it may be.

I am so proud to have had the privilege of preparing the legislation that was so readily signed by all members of the House of Representatives to provide a lasting facility that will always carry the name of the great Ray Charles.

'Refugee' calls up to mind people that come from different lands and have to be taken care of. These are American citizens.

Shame, shame on America. We were put to the test, and we have failed.

[Reps. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), both members of the Congressional Black Caucus, raised the issue last week at a news conference called to complain about the slow response to Hurricane Katrina.] 'Refugee' calls up to mind people that come from different lands and have to be taken care of, ... These are American citizens.