[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2704-H2705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING LOUISE SLAUGHTER

  (Ms. MOORE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MOORE. Madam Speaker, I am so blessed to have known Louise 
McIntosh Slaughter, and I am so pleased to speak on her behalf today.
  Louise was a legislator, with a capital L, and she lived up to the 
legacy of the ladies of New York. She represented Seneca Falls, and not 
only because it was her district, but she represented it in terms of 
her sentiments.
  She was the sponsor of the Violence Against Women Act. She was the 
head of the Pro-Choice Caucus. She focused on medical research for 
women.
  She was a thought leader. Consistent with her training in chemistry, 
she fought to decrease the amount of antibiotics, eliminate antibiotics 
in animals for consumption. She led on the issues of getting rid of 
lead, and, also, she really understood chemistry.
  The first time she saw Bob Slaughter, she said, ``I have just got to 
have him,'' and she went and got him.
  She was a bridge to leadership. These freshmen would have really, 
really enjoyed being around the head of the Rules Committee, their 
bridge to the leadership.
  And let me tell you, I loved her because she really knew how to make 
people happy. Madam Speaker, she gave me an orange purse because she 
thought that orange was a happy color and that I deserved to be 
surrounded by it.

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