Jim Clyburn: “Thank you, Mr. Meeks. Let me close my 5 minutes, Madam Speaker, by reiterating something that I think all of us ought to…”

“Thank you, Mr. Meeks. Let me close my 5 minutes, Madam Speaker, by reiterating something that I think all of us ought to think about. Sylvia Pressley Woods' father died when she was 3 days old. He died from the effects of chemical weapons that he had encountered in World War I. Her grandfather was hanged when her mother was a little child. But all of that experience helped to toughen her and make her the outstanding entrepreneur that she is today. On February 2, she turns 82 years old, but she gets up every morning and still goes to that restaurant. She is a great woman.”