[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 110 (Friday, June 23, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING THE LIFE OF IRA SHARP

  (Ms. JACOBS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Ira 
Sharp, a beloved member of the greater San Diego community who passed 
away this month.
  Ira was a native of St. Louis, where he came of age organizing sit-
ins at segregated restaurants, activating students in support of civil 
rights, and eventually practicing law.
  He later lived here in Washington, D.C., where he and his wife Rose 
Ann ran a successful small business in legal services and court 
reporting, and in Naples, Florida, until they retired for good in San 
Diego.
  After their grandson was born and after the Parkland shooting, Ira 
and Rose Ann cofounded NeverAgainCA, and Ira served on the national 
board of the Brady Campaign. His fingerprints are on nearly every piece 
of gun safety legislation in San Diego County and California in the 
past decade.
  Beyond his immense advocacy, Ira was a good friend. If he was proud 
of you, he would tell you. If you had a cause for him to support, he 
was there.
  May his legacy live on as we continue the work to end gun violence, 
and may his memory be a blessing.

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