[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H2599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 MEMORIALIZING MAYOR LEONARD SCARCELLA

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, the city of Stafford, Fort Bend County, the 
State of Texas, and all of America lost a great man Sunday: Mayor 
Leonard Scarcella.
  He was a true Texas force of nature. He listened to all, regardless 
of what country you came from or where you worshipped. His life was 
about making all human life better.
  Madam Speaker, for 51 years as mayor, he did just that. He helped 
bring Texas Instruments to Stafford in 1967, opening the door to Fort 
Bend to attract corporate America.
  Not happy with the public education in Stafford, he fought for the 
only city-run school board in Texas.
  Tired of people going to the big city of Houston for concerts and 
conventions, Leonard opened the Stafford Centre in 2004.
  He proudly governed without one penny of property tax.
  It was Leonard who brought the stunning 30,000-piece BAPS Hindu 
Temple to Stafford in 2004.
  Madam Speaker, to close, nearly 1 million Texans in Fort Bend County 
are mourning now. I join them. God bless Mayor Leonard Scarcella.

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