[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 193 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H15514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE JULIA CARSON, MEMBER OF 
                                CONGRESS

  (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. I yield to my colleague from Indiana (Mr. 
Visclosky).
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. I appreciate my good friend and the dean of the 
Indiana delegation for the recognition, and I have the sad duty, along 
with Mr. Burton, in representing every member of the Indiana 
delegation, to inform the House of the passing of our good friend and 
colleague, Julia Carson from Indianapolis.
  I would simply point out, under the auspices of Mr. Burton and the 
Congressional Black Caucus and myself, to truly honor Julia's life and 
her good work, we will have a Special Order for 1 hour tomorrow. I note 
this happens to be the darkest time of year as far as the winter 
solstice upon us, but it causes one to think about the light that Julia 
Carson has cast throughout her life. Whether it was the twinkle of her 
eye, that I think we are all very familiar with, or the fire that 
burned brightly in Julia, compelling her every hour of every day to 
help those most in need, and the light of her shining example which 
should lead all of us to lead better lives and to do our best, her 
constituents, her State, this House, and this country have suffered a 
very great loss of a very good friend who has enlightened all of us and 
who has enriched ours and everyone's life she has touched. And again I 
very deeply appreciate the courtesy of Mr. Burton for asking for this 
period of time.
  Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Let me just say that Julia Carson was a friend 
of mine. I have known Julia for a long, long time. She worked for our 
former colleague Andy Jacobs when he was in the House, and she did a 
tremendous job for him.
  She started out politically in Indiana as a State representative and 
became a State senator. And when Andy retired, she ran for and was 
elected to the Congress of the United States.
  She was also a trustee. One of the things she did as a trustee was 
she reduced the cost to the trustee's office and reduced the number of 
people who had to be served on the welfare rolls. I think that is very 
honorable that she did that. She worked so hard. As a Republican, I 
have to take my hat off to Julia for reducing the cost of that township 
trustee's office. She did a fantastic job.
  She worked here in the Congress for a long, long time. Her health 
started failing, as you all know, in the last couple of years, but she 
continued to try to serve her constituents as best she could. Julia was 
loved, literally loved by all of the people she served in Indianapolis. 
She worked so hard and so long, and I know everybody in the Indiana 
delegation and in Indiana will miss her. And I know her good friend, 
Andy Jacobs, grieves for her as well as we do tonight.
  I would just like to say that Julia, we miss you and we wish you 
Godspeed.
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. If we could ask for a moment of silence in the House, 
please.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. I ask everyone to please rise.

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