[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15633]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             IN MEMORY OF NEVADA ASSEMBLYWOMAN PEGGY PIERCE

  (Mr. HORSFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor today saddened by the 
news that Nevada Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce has passed away.
  She was the staunch liberal conscience of the Nevada State 
Legislature, but she commanded respect from both sides of the aisle 
because of her steadfast belief in her principles, because she was a 
hard worker and because she cared so deeply about the well-being of her 
constituents and the people of Nevada.
  I first met Peggy before her time in the assembly, when she was a 
fellow organizer, helping to coordinate rapid response for displaced 
workers in Las Vegas after the tragic events of September 11. She was 
as committed to helping others then as she was in her tenure in the 
Nevada State Legislature.
  She succumbed to cancer, but she did not lose the fight. She put her 
constituents before herself, and in that sense, she had always been a 
true public servant.
  My thoughts and prayers are with her family.
  You will truly be missed, my friend.

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