[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 43 (Thursday, March 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              REMEMBERING REPRESENTATIVE SYLVESTER TURNER

  (Mr. BELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart to remember 
our colleague, Representative Sylvester Turner. My colleague previously 
discussed his policy accomplishments, but I will take this from a 
different angle.
  If I had to rank my freshmen colleagues, respectfully, by kindness 
and decency, Sylvester Turner would have won in a landslide. He had a 
warmth about him, whether you were a constituent, a colleague, or just 
someone passing by. He didn't serve for recognition. He did it because 
he wanted to make people's lives better.
  Representative Turner made this a better place, through his work and 
through the way he treated people. Before Congress, he served as the 
mayor of Houston, leading with the same heart and dedication that 
defined his life.
  Losing him reminds us to appreciate the people around us. Today, 
let's take a moment to reflect, to check in on one another, and in this 
House and in houses across this Nation, let's carry forward the 
kindness and service that define Sylvester's life.

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