as an investigator for the federal equal employment opportunity commission, which many know as the eeoc. as many people know, the eeoc is responsible for enforcing federal antidiscrimination laws in the workplace, protecting workers or job applicants who have faced discrimination. karen was from philadelphia, as i mentioned, and raised her granddaughter, kristen. according to kristen, karen loved to travel, she loved to swim and to dance, and she was an avid shopper. everyone loved karen, and she was always the life of the party. karen got sick with covid-19 right after her 69th birthday, and died in april of this year. in remembering her grandmother, kristen said, and i quote, to know her was to love her, unquote. like so many families as well, karen's death was very sudden, and like too many others this year all across our state and across the country, she has left behind a family in grief as they endure her passing. so we send our sympathies and condolences to karen porter's family. third, we go from one end of our state to the other, from philadelphia all the way to pittsburgh to ta