[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 161 (Friday, September 28, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
REMEMBERING LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER
(Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, during this 115th session of Congress, the
House lost one of its most passionate souls, the late Representative
Louise McIntosh Slaughter.
She worked day in and day out with great passion and with great
integrity. She understood that it was about trust that was placed into
a Member of Congress by the people who have chosen you to be their
voice here in Congress.
To Louise Slaughter it was important to make certain that government
was transparent and accountable, so she drove the Stop Trading On
Congressional Knowledge Act, which was dubbed the STOCK Act. I am so
proud to have sponsored legislation today that has renamed, in her
honor, the STOCK Act.
Louise Slaughter worked for transparency in this House. She knew that
it was about making lives of the constituents that we represent all the
stronger and all the fuller and not enriching our own lives by the
trust placed in us.
It is an honor to rename the STOCK Act because of her hard work and
because of her integrity.
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