Lois Capps: “I join my colleagues this evening in honoring the life of our dear friend, Julia Carson. And I want to say a word in…”

“I join my colleagues this evening in honoring the life of our dear friend, Julia Carson. And I want to say a word in keeping with the comments by our colleague, our leader, John Larson from Connecticut, who spoke of the sacredness, really, of this hour that we can spend with one another to lift up the life of a colleague such as Julia Carson. Julia entered Congress the same year as my husband, Walter, in 1996. And the reason I honor this time together is that I have a poignant memory. My husband died suddenly, and my daughter and I found ourselves on the floor here listening to his colleagues, now my colleagues, speak of his life. And it was a tradition that I wasn't familiar with, but it touched me in a way that I know blesses the memory of those who have gone, who have served with us. And in this case, for someone as special as Julia Carson, it is a moment that this place becomes what it should be, and is treasured by me.”