Sylvester Turner: “I would say to Charlie, each member of our delegation shares in your loss and we express our deep sympathy to you. I…”

“I would say to Charlie, each member of our delegation shares in your loss and we express our deep sympathy to you. I guess the best story I ever heard about your father was really not about his early political races or about his 37 years in the Congress or about how he worked to single-handedly break down racial barriers in our country, but it is a story about how the 70-year-old Congressman slugged a man in a San Antonio restaurant who called him a communist. Henry B. loved his country. He had the kind of fierce patriotism that has always driven America. He did not back off, he did not give in, and he was not afraid to take on the most powerful people in Washington, even if they happened to be in his own party. Henry's early political career was marked with both important milestones and political failures. His success as the first Tejano to hold a seat on the San Antonio City Council, the Texas State Senate and here in the U.S. House of Representatives inspired a generation of leaders in the Mexican-American communities, many of whom are serving with us here today.”