[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E53]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE PASSING OF ASHLEY GAMMON

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                            HON. KAREN BASS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 25, 2016

  Ms. BASS. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I learned of the 
passing of Ashley Gammon, who served on my staff as my communications 
director before moving back to her home town of St. Louis, Missouri, 
most recently serving as the director of communications for the United 
Way of Greater St. Louis.
  Like many of her generation, Ashley signed up to work on President 
Obama's first presidential campaign in 2008, and she believed that she 
could truly make a difference. And she did make a difference, both at 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development and in my own office on 
Capitol Hill helping to keep my constituents informed and continuing to 
promote the Democratic agenda.
  I was most struck by how much she touched and stayed in touch with 
her former friends and colleagues in Washington. It is clear that her 
passing affected everyone very deeply. I will remember Ashley both for 
her tireless work and for her sweet and bright smile. She brought 
people together and was a true friend in life as is evident in the 
outpouring of sympathy in the Capitol Hill community. I join Ashley's 
friends and family in mourning her loss and celebrating a wonderful 
young woman who was taken from us too early.

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