[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 200 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1163]
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                        HONORING ROSALYNN CARTER

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                            HON. LUCY McBATH

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 5, 2023

  Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor a truly exceptional 
First Lady, Rosalynn Carter. I thank my Georgia colleagues for their 
kind words during this time. It is important we unite as a state 
delegation to honor her, just as our state and our Nation recently had 
the opportunity to pay their respects and mark her legacy of service.
  I consider it one of the great blessings of my life that I was able 
to spend time in Plains, Georgia with both President Carter and the 
former First Lady during my first year in Congress. Their dedication to 
public service and to our Nation was strengthened by the love and 
partnership shared over their 77 years of marriage. It's widely been 
pointed out that the legacy of President Carter would not be complete 
without a full accounting of the many contributions Rosalynn made 
during that time in office.
  In metro Atlanta, her memory will forever live on at the Rosalynn 
Apartments through the work of 3Keys, whose mission to support and 
empower individuals with mental illness to live a life filled with 
purpose and dignity was directly by her own work. In all that she did, 
she touched people's lives and made a real difference for the people 
she was called to serve.
  I am holding the Carter family in my prayers and in my heart during 
this difficult time.

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