[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 75 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H2320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING THE LIFE OF CARL WHITMARSH

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is a special privilege to be able to 
come to the floor and acknowledge the giants that live among us.
  Today I want to honor a giant in my community, the 18th Congressional 
District, which I have the privilege of representing. That giant's name 
is Carl Whitmarsh.
  If one were to think of those like Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. 
Kennedy, William Jefferson Clinton, President Obama, and many other 
leaders who invested in America, you would think of Carl Whitmarsh.
  He invested in the process of democracy. He invested, yes, in the 
Democratic Party because he was known as a democratic activist, but he 
had a sincere heart, being one of the members of the Texas Young 
Democrats.
  But in the course of being a democratic person and an activist, Carl 
worked with one of the first African Americans to integrate the Young 
Democrats in the name of Doris Hubbard. They worked together to say 
that, in this Nation, we are all equal.
  Yes, he was feisty. He was strong. He made us stand up and 
acknowledge our responsibilities of service. We lost him this past 
weekend.
  I want to thank Mr. and Mrs. Schlett for the great work that they 
have done to answer his need in the place he lived. I thank the 
Schletts for all they have done.
  Let me thank all of his friends for all they have done. Certainly, he 
was a friend of Hillary Clinton. He was a friend of mine and a friend 
of those who now mourn him.
  So among those of us who count ourselves as activists, let me simply 
say that he was a public servant and he believed in helping people.
  Let me also give my sympathy to the Oak Forest Area Democrats and all 
of his friends and family. Because we know that not only is a voice of 
democracy silenced, but we realize that a person who loved all of us 
and loved life and was willing to share--that person is Carl Whitmarsh.
  May he rest in peace. We have lost you, but not your spirit, your 
memory, and your legacy.

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