[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H7930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           IN MEMORY OF REPRESENTATIVE STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES

  (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, how can words adequately describe 
someone who is larger than life? Stephanie Tubbs Jones was a change-
maker and a risk-taker. As a woman, she helped blaze a trail for 
generations to follow, first in her role as a prosecutor, then a judge, 
then as Ohio's first African American female Member of Congress.
  To me personally, Stephanie was a mentor and a role model. Someone 
who didn't hesitate to pull me aside when I first came to Washington 
and give me advice, from my wardrobe to my hair, Stephanie kept it 
real, because that is exactly what she was in every sense of the word.
  Above all else, though, Stephanie was my friend, and one of my first 
friends here in Washington. Her room-filling energy, her passion, her 
dedication, her voice for the downtrodden, all of these will be missed 
by the people of Ohio. Her intelligence, her expertise, her counsel 
will be missed by all of us here in this Chamber.
  And me? Well, Mr. Speaker, I will miss my friend.

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