[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 8 (Thursday, January 20, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING ASHLEY TURTON

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I rise to celebrate the life of Ashley 
Turton. Ashley had an incredible career both in the public and private 
sectors and was respected by so very many people of every political 
persuasion. She was a wonderful mother of three children, and her death 
is especially difficult for those of us on Capitol Hill because we got 
to know Ashley through her work as Rosa DeLauro's chief of staff. She 
was part of our family. She was a woman of great skill and a woman of 
great personality.
  We also know her husband, Dan Turton, who also worked on the Hill for 
many years and served as the chief of staff to the House Rules 
Committee. He currently works for the White House.
  I attended, along with hundreds and hundreds of others, Ashley's 
memorial service last Friday here in Washington, DC. Those who 
eulogized Ashley captured her spirit, her determination, and her great 
compassion.
  She was a remarkable woman and will never be forgotten. And our 
prayers are with Dan and Ashley's family.

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