[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 98 (Monday, June 28, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING THOMAS W. LUDLOW ASHLEY

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                         HON. MICHAEL R. TURNER

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 28, 2010

  Mr. TURNER. Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to join my colleagues 
to honor the life and work of former Congressman Thomas W. Ludlow 
Ashley.
  Thomas W. Ludlow Ashley served the State of Ohio for 13 terms in the 
U.S. House of Representatives, from 1955 to 1981. Mr. Ashley served 
Ohio's 9th District, which includes the city of Toledo and surrounding 
Lucas County.
  He was a graduate of Yale University where one of his classmates was 
a future President, George H.W. Bush. Ashley graduated from the Ohio 
State University Law School in Columbus, Ohio in 1951.
  Congressman Ashley was the great-grandson of former Congressman James 
Mitchell Ashley, who also represented Ohio's ninth congressional 
district, from 1859 to 1869, and co-authored the 13th Amendment that 
abolished slavery.
  Congressman Ashley's work in Congress has proven very important for 
American cities. He was chairman of a House subcommittee on housing and 
community development within the Banking Committee.
  In this role, Ashley helped write and pass the Housing and Community 
Development Acts of 1974 and 1977. These important bills paved the way 
for the Community Development Block Grant program. In recognition of 
his role as an advocate for affordable housing, Senator Edward Kennedy 
remarked: ``Americans sleep in better homes today because of Lud 
Ashley.''
  I join my colleagues in the Ohio delegation in honoring the life of 
Congressman Thomas W. Ludlow Ashley, and his distinguished service to 
our State and our Nation.

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