[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            TONEY ARMSTRONG

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, in Memphis, Tennessee, today our director of 
police, Toney Armstrong, announced he would be leaving his position.
  Director Armstrong served the city of Memphis as a policeman since 
1989. In 2011, he became the director of police, the youngest director 
in the city's history. He did a great job.
  I started my career as an attorney for the police department in 
Memphis and served 3\1/2\ years there and knew all the directors, and 
none were better than Toney Armstrong, becoming director at 44 and 
having risen through the ranks. It is a tough job being a policeman, 
and it is a tough job being director of an urban police department. He 
did a fine job.
  Toney Armstrong is moving over to St. Jude Children's Research 
Hospital to be head of security there. St. Jude is a blessing to 
Memphis and a blessing to the world. They are going to employ 7,000 new 
people in the next 6 years and increase their opportunities to treat 
children by 20 percent.
  Toney Armstrong will be a great director. It is a great team, Toney 
Armstrong and St. Jude. Thank God for each.

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