[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING MY HUSBAND, JOSEPH LESKO

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Arizona (Mrs. Lesko) for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor my husband, Joseph Lesko. He 
is here in the House gallery today, right there.
  I am totally convinced that God brought Joe and I together. We met in 
July in Phoenix at a snow skiing club, believe it or not. For both of 
us, it was our first time attending the meeting. That had to be fate.
  I knew as soon as I saw him that I had to talk to that man, and I 
made a beeline over to talk to him. We have now been married for over 
30 years.
  This will be my last year in Congress. I have decided it is time for 
me to go home and join my husband, Joe, our children, and our 
grandchildren. My mother, my sister, my brother, and my entire family 
lives within 20 minutes of my home, and I am here in Washington, D.C., 
most of the time, so it is time for me to go home.
  I thank my husband, Joe, for being a wonderful husband, a wonderful 
father, and a wonderful grandfather. He has been there for me and our 
children through the ups and downs. He has supported me when my 
opponents vilified me in TV commercials. It hurt him probably more than 
me.
  He has stood by me when I had to be here in Washington, D.C., 
working. He was at home, and it is hard. It is hard on a family. It is 
hard on a husband.
  I thank Joe for always being there for me. I thank him for being a 
great husband and father and for being a great man. I love you.


                   Honoring My Mother, Delores Lorenz

  Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my mother, Delores 
Lorenz.
  My mom will be 95 years old this year, and she is still going strong. 
She lives on her own. She cuts her own grass. I hope I can be like her.
  My mom has always been there for me. She stayed home and raised us 
kids. She worked hard. Believe me, being a mom is hard work. She got up 
early in the morning because my dad had to go to work very early in the 
morning, and she would make sure that she would make him breakfast 
every morning.
  She washed our clothes, cleaned up everything, and made our dinners. 
She was famous for baking pies, although she said she is now retired 
from baking pies, which makes me sad.
  She helped all of us kids with our homework, and when I ran for 
Congress, my mother stood in the heat in front of the Ace Hardware 
store outside of Phoenix, Arizona, and walked her whole neighborhood to 
collect signatures to get me on the ballot.
  I love my mom. She made me who I am. I thank my mom for always being 
there for me. I thank her for everything she does.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair reminds Members not to refer to 
persons in the gallery.

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