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Stephanie Tubbs Jones: I'm a sister from the hood and we know how to get things done. Well, from one sister to another sister I want to say…

On the recordDecember 18, 2007
I'm a sister from the hood and we know how to get things done. Well, from one sister to another sister I want to say, Thank you, Julia Carson, for your legacy of service, for your laughter and your love. I promise I will continue to work to get things done right here in the House, and I will remember all the things that you told me in the last conversations that we had. But Julia, I'm still trying to figure out who it was you said was going to invite me to dinner. I asked you that day I came to see you, and you still wouldn't tell me. So whoever it is, come on and invite me to dinner, because Julia Carson would want it to happen. I thank all of my colleagues for joining me in this wonderful hour of celebration for my colleague and good friend, Julia Carson.

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Paying tribute to the legacy of her late colleague, Julia Carson, during a memorial service.

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