[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF MAYOR DEBBIE JOHNSON

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember the life 
of Ms. Debbie Johnson, who passed away from complications due to an 
illness on Monday, January 13.
  At the time of her passing, Ms. Johnson was serving as mayor pro tem 
of Port Wentworth in the First Congressional District of Georgia. Mayor 
pro tem Johnson's colleagues remember her as a larger-than-life figure, 
who served the city with the utmost dedication to the people she 
represented.
  For 17 years she worked at Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police 
Department before becoming one of the first African American women ever 
elected to the Port Wentworth City Council.
  While mayor pro tem, she fought for the voices of the unheard and 
made fundamental rights and equality a top priority. One of her most 
important projects included coordinating events to feed the hungry 
during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
  Mr. Speaker, Mayor pro tem Johnson's work and presence will be deeply 
missed in Port Wentworth. Her family and friends will be in my thoughts 
and prayers during this most difficult time.

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