Steny Hoyer: “I met Andy Jacobs in the Young Democrats, many, many years ago. I drove Andy Jacobs to a speaking engagement at the…”

“I met Andy Jacobs in the Young Democrats, many, many years ago. I drove Andy Jacobs to a speaking engagement at the Young Democrats at a restaurant not too far from the Baltimore Washington International Airport. A few years later I was elected to Congress, and Andy Jacobs was a Member of the Congress of the United States, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, an extraordinary Member of this House. And there came a time shortly thereafter when Andy decided to retire. And there were a number of people who expressed an interest in running for this seat. Andy came to me and he said Julia Carson's going to win this race. You be for Julia Carson. Our beloved colleague, Joe Donnelly has just said, she never lost a race. Now, I didn't know Julia Carson. And there were some pretty active people, men and women, in that race; and we had met a couple of them. They were pretty impressive. I had not met Julia Carson. But Andy Jacobs, her predecessor, a Congressman for some 25 years, at least, said to me, Julia Carson's going to win this race. And sure enough, Julia Carson won the race. And those of us who served in this body had the privilege of getting to know Julia Carson, getting to know her as a friend, getting to know her as a colleague, getting to know her as a leader in her community.”