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March 15, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E311 John and his wife Nicole are kept busy with Ashby, who will receive the Francis Swingle land Claiborne, a prominent lawyer, died when two children of their own, Charles and Elise, Award of the Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of she was only two years old. After her father’s with a third on the way. In all aspects of his St. Patrick on the evening of March 17, the death, her mother remarried and Lindy spent life, Dr. Lozier is an example of service and occasion of that organization’s 99th annual St. her formative years on a plantation. Her hard work that our state can be proud of. Patrick’s Day banquet. grandmother Morrison had a great influence Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- As a young man, Andy Ashby attended Park on her life and lived to be ninety-seven. The resent leaders like John in the United States Hill high school in Kansas City, Missouri and Morrison family’s roots can be traced back to Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- then played baseball for Crowder College. In the Mayflower. Her grandmother Morrison had ognize and applaud Dr. Lozier for utilizing his 1986, he was signed as an undrafted free a fondness for artichokes. Solari’s a fancy, talents to better both his community and the agent by the Philadelphia Phillies. In his sec- southern grocer, did not have them at certain great state of Iowa. I invite my colleagues in ond start as a pitcher, against the Cincinnati times of the year which prompted Boggs’ the House to join me in congratulating John Reds, he became part of an elite category of grandmother to experiment growing them her- on receiving this esteemed designation, thank- players by throwing an ‘‘immaculate inning,’’ a self. Soon, she was shipping her artichokes to ing those at Business Record for their great feat accomplished by striking out the first three Solari’s. Lindy says she was introduced to pol- work, and wishing each member of the 2013 batters of the opposing team in exactly nine itics as she listened to the conversations be- Forty Under 40 class continued success. pitches. tween sugar planters and cotton planters. In 1993, Andy was acquired by the new, ex- ‘‘The sugar planters were very isolationist, pro- f pansion-team Colorado Rockies. He later be- tectionist, and they kept talking about high tar- HONORING BERNARD HOPKINS came a member of the San Diego Padres and iff walls. And in the country, we had construc- enjoyed the height of his career. In 1998, he tions called ‘‘stiles,’’ which were really steps HON. ROBERT A. BRADY helped the Padres reach the World Series by over fences. And I kept wondering if Uncle Joe could build me a stile tall enough so I OF PENNSYLVANIA compiling an impressive 17–9 record. He also represented the Padres and the National could see what was on the other side of that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES League in the 1998 and 1999 All-Star games. high tariff wall. But then on the cotton planta- Friday, March 15, 2013 Andy later played for both the Atlanta Braves tion, of course, the cotton people were free Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He returned to traders, to get rid of all that surplus cotton rise today to honor Philadelphia’s own, Ber- San Diego before retiring from Major League they had, so the conversation was entirely dif- nard ‘‘The Executioner’’ Hopkins. On March Baseball in the mid-2000s. During his profes- ferent. So I learned early on that families can 10, 2013, Bernard became the oldest boxer to sional career he posted 98 wins, pitched 1,810 be divided over political situations.’’ Lindy matriculated at Newcomb College in win a major title. A champion both in and out innings and struck out over 1,100 batters. He New Orleans, the first women’s college in Lou- of the ring, Bernard is among Philadelphia is an example of how discipline and hard work can lead to success on the field and in life. isiana and the sister school to Tulane Univer- sports’ greatest icons. sity, where she majored in history and edu- Breaking his own record from two years ear- Since retiring, Andy has become a part of the Heroes of the Diamond tour, traveling cation. At Newcomb, she was editor of the lier, Bernard beat 30 year old Tavoris Cloud student newspaper and it was in that capacity for the IBF light heavyweight championship. At overseas several times to visit our troops in Iraq. I thank Andy for his community service she met her future husband Congressman 48 years old, Bernard proved that age is just Hale Boggs, who was then the paper’s gen- and for serving as a role model and inspiration a number as he out moved his opponent, eral editor. Upon graduating, Lindy taught high to many young Americans, and I offer my con- something he has done many times before. school history and English, served as school gratulations on this momentous occasion. After the fight he said, ‘‘Tonight was one of librarian and coached the girls’ basketball the bigger fights of my career.’’ f team. In January 1938, at 21, she married Bernard has been a champion for a long HONORING WOMEN’S HISTORY Hale and through university connections, Hale time—he won the Pennsylvania Junior Olym- MONTH AND FORMER MEMBER and Lindy embarked on a political career, be- pics at age nine. He is among some of LINDY BOGGS coming a part of the grass-roots reform move- boxing’s greatest like Sugar Ray Robinson, ment that took place in Louisiana in the late Carlos Monzon, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. 1930’s. With Lindy’s support, Hale was elected Oscar De La Hoya once said that Hopkins is HON. MARCY KAPTUR OF OHIO to Congress in 1941. Lindy orchestrated his ‘‘one of the great talents we’ve had in this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES re-election campaigns as well as set up his generation.’’ district offices in New Orleans, canvassed vot- His latest win is his 53rd professional win, Friday, March 15, 2013 ers, arranged her husband’s many social gath- 32 of which came by knockout. This is also Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, this week, a be- erings and acted as his political surrogate as not the first record Bernard has shattered. His loved former Colleague of our House, Rep- he climbed in House leadership. When Hale’s record of 20 successful title defenses has resentative ‘‘Lindy’’ Marie Corinne Morrison plane tragically crashed in 1972, Lindy been unbreakable since he reached the mile- Claiborne Boggs, of New Orleans, Louisiana, emerged as a top choice to take over his seat. stone in 2005. celebrates her 97th birthday. In describing her ‘‘When the various people were trying to per- Bernard is not just a champion in the ring life and career, one does not use single syl- suade me to run . Lady Bird Johnson . but a champion to Philadelphia, the city he al- lable words. called and talked to me for a long time about ways called home. He works tirelessly with the Trailblazer, gracious, erudite, compas- how I had an obligation and all of these city’s youth to help them get on and stay on sionate, witty, diplomatic, visionary, indefati- things. Then when she thought maybe she the straight and narrow. He is a husband and gable, inspirational, enduring. These words had convinced me, she said, ‘‘But darling, do a father and great American. capture her. When I think of words she utters, you think you can do it without a wife?’’ I’ve Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues join me in certain come to mind: ‘‘darlin’,’’ ‘‘precious,’’ told her many times, it was very hard without honoring a great champion, and an even and the manner in which she forms the words a wife.’’ greater person, Bernard Hopkins. ‘‘New Orleans,’’ held a lilt and tone hard for In March 1973, Lindy Boggs was elected to f others to emulate. the House of Representatives in a special Wife, mother, grandmother, great grand- election. Her victory made her the first woman IN RECOGNITION OF ANDREW mother, Congresswoman, Ambassador, au- to represent Louisiana in the House and the JASON ASHBY, RECIPIENT OF thor, woman of faith. When she retired from first Catholic elected from a state that had THE FRANCIS SWINGLE AWARD Congress in 1991 at age seventy-five, she never elected a Catholic to any major state of- BY THE GREATER PITTSTON was the only Caucasian woman serving in fice. She won her election by 75 percent in the FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK Congress from the Deep south (excluding Democratic primary and by 80 percent in the Florida). Part magnolia, part Tabasco sauce, general election. ‘‘I had a Republican running HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT part French Quarter grande dame, she rep- against me by the name of Robert E. Lee,’’ OF PENNSYLVANIA resented the maturation of a modern political she has said, ‘‘I knew he was an imposter!’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES miracle—a Roman Catholic, Caucasian Lindy was at first appointed to the Banking woman elected for nine consecutive terms to and Currency Committee, where she played a Friday, March 15, 2013 the U.S. Congress from Louisiana. key role during the mark up of the Equal Cred- Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise ‘‘Lindy’’ was born in Pointe Coupee Roads, it Opportunity Act of 1974.