[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5990]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             T.C. GILLESPIE

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a dear 
friend who departed this Earth last week, who I know is headed to glory 
because of the great things he did in Tarrant County for working men 
and women.
  T.C. Gillespie, who was the president of the Tarrant County Central 
Labor Council, died after a long battle with lung disease.
  T.C. was such a tireless advocate for men and women. Before he was 
president of the Central Labor Council, he was the treasurer and 
secretary of the Communications Workers of America.
  T.C. just believed in people. He was someone who helped me very early 
on in my career, before I was in Congress. He helped so many people he 
believed would do the right thing for so many workers and for so many 
families in Tarrant County.
  Even as I watched T.C. struggle in the last couple of years of his 
life, I would say: T.C., you don't need to be here; you need to be home 
resting.
  He was having such a hard time walking and breathing because of the 
lung issue that he was having, and he just wanted to be there for 
people he believed in.
  I want to thank the family and friends he leaves behind. T.C. 
Gillespie was a dear friend and a great man to so many people in 
Tarrant County.

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