[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 31, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H5182-H5183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING LINDY BOGGS

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a former 
Member of the House and a grand lady from Louisiana, Ms. Lindy Boggs.
  She was a pioneer and a trailblazer for the State of Louisiana. She 
served

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Louisiana's Second Congressional District following the death of her 
late husband, Hale Boggs, who was then the majority leader of the 
House. She was the first woman elected to represent the State of 
Louisiana in Congress, and she was a founder of the Congresswoman's 
Caucus. In tribute to her service as a pioneer for women, the 
Congressional Women's Reading Room down the hall is rightfully named in 
her honor. Lindy was the first woman and only Louisianian Ambassador to 
the Holy See during the tenure of Pope John Paul II.
  Lindy effortlessly balanced her role as a respected leader and as a 
loving mother. She loved her city of New Orleans. In fact, she lived on 
Bourbon Street in New Orleans for many of her later years. She loved 
her beloved Tulane University. In fact, just recently, she and her 
daughter Cokie participated in a fundraiser to benefit Tulane 
University just a few weeks ago in New Orleans.
  She is somebody who will be dearly missed and someone whom we are 
honored to be able to call a former colleague of ours here in the 
House.

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