[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 7 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SALUTING THE LATE CAROLYN MIDDLETON HALL

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, with sadness but yet with the joy of 
her life, I rise today to salute Carolyn Middleton Hall, who passed 
away in December 2023.
  Carolyn Middleton Hall was married to our beloved Anthony Hall, a 
pilot, a great civic leader, a former member of the Houston City 
Council, and a champion of opportunity and equality for our community. 
She is the mother of Anthony and Ursula, two successful young people 
who are also contributing to this community.
  I rise to salute the late Carol Middleton Hall for all she has done 
to make Houston a better place for all of us to live. She was a great 
educator and a lover of improving the lives of young people. She came 
from a political family. She spent her life with her father and uncle 
fighting for workers' rights and making sure that unions were strong in 
our community.
  As her husband ascended to public life, being one of the pioneers as 
an African American serving in Houston, Carolyn was right there. You 
can always say that she was his best advocate for getting votes, with 
her smiling face, her willingness for service, and her unselfishness. 
Carolyn was right there helping to generate votes for her daughter, who 
is now serving as a judge.
  She was also generating friends. You could not help but be a friend 
to Carolyn Middleton Hall.
  Today, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to remember her and be 
reminded by our moment of silence that we will take as I conclude in 
order to honor an American whose name you may not know at every dinner 
table, but you should know of her kindness, her love, her belief in 
America, and her championing of the civic system of government, voting, 
and equality.
  I champion and honor the late Carolyn Middleton Hall. May she rest in 
peace, and may she rest in power. I thank my dear sister, a Link and an 
AKA.

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