[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING JOHN THOMAS LONG

  (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor my 
friend John Thomas Long. We all knew him as Tom. You know, I got a 
chance to meet Tom Long through my former bosses, my former direct 
boss, Craig Roberts, and my big boss at the time, a guy named John 
Shimkus, who used to serve in this Chamber.
  Tom was a friend to them, and he immediately became a friend to me. 
Tom was somebody who was a giant in the legal community in and around 
the metro east area of Illinois. He served as a law clerk for the 
Department of Justice. He was the CEO of Argosy Gaming. He was a member 
of the White House advance team. He was a delegate to the 1988 
Republican Convention, but I met him when he was the Madison County 
Republican Party chairman.
  Tom was a guy who was active all throughout his community, but what 
he was most active in doing was loving his family and making sure his 
family was his highest priority.
  Tom passed away just this past week, and my heartfelt prayers and 
thoughts go out to his wife, Robin, and his three daughters: Margaret, 
Erin, and Emma.
  Madison County, Illinois, and Illinois and this country lost a giant 
in Tom Long. He will be missed. May God rest his soul.

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