[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3341]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TILLIE FOWLER: IN MEMORIAM

  (Ms. HARMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, never before in my years in this House have 
I taken the floor with such sadness. It is the sadness that penetrates 
to my very core, for I have lost a dear friend and Congress has lost 
one of its most distinguished Members.
  Everyone was stunned by the news that our former colleague, Tillie 
Fowler, suffered a massive brain hemorrhage on Sunday. Now that she has 
died, we mourn her passing with the heaviest of hearts.
  Tillie and I were Members of the class of 1992 and for some time the 
only women serving on the House Committee on Armed Services. She was a 
source of inspiration, a sister, a soul mate. We can take some comfort 
in knowing that she did not suffer and that her beloved husband, Buck, 
and her daughters were by her side. But nothing can bring her back, and 
she cannot be replaced.
  Never partisan and always principled, the Congress and the country 
are better places because of her service, and she leaves a legacy we 
all learn from.
  I will miss Tillie, my wonderful friend and staunch ally. We looked 
at the world the same way, through the same kind of eyes, and for me, 
for a while, the path ahead will be less clear without her.

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