[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H804-H805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING THOMAS DORTCH

  (Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Tommy Dortch was and still 
is a leader of this Nation.
  Tommy and I worked together to, first of all, elect Maynard Jackson 
to become the first African-American

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mayor, and then Andy Young, the first African American to be elected to 
Congress since Reconstruction, right here.
  When I think of Tommy, I am reminded of that glorious song that God 
Almighty has given to us: ``Them that's got shall get,'' and ``Them 
that's not shall lose,'' because the Bible says and it still is news. 
Your mama may have and your papa may have, ``But God bless the child 
That's got his own.''
  God bless Mr. Tommy Dortch, my friend.

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