Sylvester Turner: “I want to thank the dean of our delegation, Ralph Regula, for bringing this resolution forward to honor the life of Paul…”

“I want to thank the dean of our delegation, Ralph Regula, for bringing this resolution forward to honor the life of Paul Gillmor. We are all deeply saddened by the passing of our dear friend, Paul Gillmor. I want to tell you one story from when I first got to Congress. Mr. Gillmor, as I referred to him, as many have said, had a gentle spirit and an informal way and a very accepting way. When I referred to him as 'Mr. Gillmor,' he corrected me and said, You're to call me Paul. You will hear, as almost everyone comes forward today and eulogizes him, as they honor him, they refer to him as he had us refer to him, and that is Paul. One time we were having dinner and he was talking about some of his accomplishments. Brownfields is an area that is very important to me. When you look across Ohio and see the number of abandoned factory sites and the potential that they represent, Paul told about his work on the Brownfields Remediation Act that changed the laws that made it easier for those sites to be remediated, and provided tax benefits so that capital would be brought to them.”