[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1340]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. LAURA L. HAMPTON

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 27, 2015

  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, congratulations to Ms. 
Laura L. Hampton on the celebration of her Tremendous Community Service 
and Attainment of her 80th Birthday.
  Being publicly involved provides one and has provided me with the 
opportunity to meet and interact with some of the most wonderful and 
most delightful people. One such person has been, and continues to be 
Mrs. Laura L. Hampton, whom I met during the 1980s while serving as 
Alderman of the 29th ward, which was more than twenty years ago. Mrs. 
Hampton was a community leader and her family lived in the West 
Garfield Park community on West Wilcox Street. She has played every 
role that one can play in a community; a wife, a mother, a grandmother, 
an organizer, a leader, a treasurer, a President and whatever it takes 
to make a community function.
  Mrs. Hampton has been and continues to be what is called a 
``Community Activist'', that is, one who is actively involved in the 
affairs of community life, block, neighborhood, church, school, 
electoral process, and all that takes place in a community.
  I congratulate Mrs. Hampton on the occasion of her 80th birthday, 
wish her well, and thank her for all that she has done for the 
community including helping to elect me to Congress and President 
Barack Obama as President of the United States of America.