E16 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 6, 2021 HONORING TREVER AUBRIA ‘‘T.A.’’ league of mine who has worked tirelessly for up and properly reform their election proc- CARTER, JR. his constituents, Colorado State Senator Mike esses, where needed, to deliver trustworthy Foote. After serving 5 years in the Colorado results for all Americans. HON. H. MORGAN GRIFFITH House of Representatives, Senator Foote then Madam speaker, I urge my colleagues today OF served an additional two years as State Sen- to support this objection and to join me in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ator for District 17 in the Colorado Senate. fight for election integrity. Wednesday, January 6, 2021 The time and effort Senator Foote put into f representing his community is a testament to Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I rise in his ability and dedication to his constituency. DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY honor of Trever Aubria ‘‘T.A.’’ Carter, Jr., who Senator Foote worked hard to generate bipar- passed away on December 27, 2020 at the tisan agreements on legislation, putting his HON. age of 93. T.A. was a veteran, architect, and constituents above politics. He worked tire- OF CALIFORNIA philanthropist in Virginia’s Roanoke Valley. lessly to represent the values of his constitu- T.A. was born on December 20, 1927 to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Trever Aubria Carter, Sr. and Pernell Jackson ents, especially as a leader in critical efforts to Wednesday, January 6, 2021 fight climate change and preserve our environ- Carter Smith. He graduated from Jefferson Mr. LEVIN of California. Madam Speaker, High School. After serving in the United States ment for generations to come. During the COVID–19 pandemic, he au- for the first time since 1814, the United States Navy at the end of World War II, he earned a Capitol Building was breached by an angry degree in architecture from Virginia Tech. thored legislation that was signed into law to protect consumers from price gouging and mob. More than 200 years ago, it was British The properties T.A. helped develop dot the troops. This time it was domestic terrorists, in- landscape of western Virginia. He launched other deceptive business practices, and he spired and encouraged by President Donald the Double T Corporation with T.D. Steele and has long worked to protect consumers all Trump. also worked in partnerships with other busi- across Colorado. I started the day prepared to uphold my nessmen. Among the locations T.A. helped Senator Foote has been a dedicated public oath of office—an oath I took this past Sunday develop were Crossroads Mall, the first en- servant to the people of Boulder County for at the launch of the 117th Congress to ‘‘sup- closed shopping mall in Virginia, and many years, and he has made a tremendous Tanglewood Mall in Roanoke, University Mall impact on his community. I am grateful for his port and defend the Constitution of the United in Blacksburg, Hunting Hills Country Club, work, and I am sure that he will leave a lasting States against all enemies, foreign and do- properties for the Marriott hotel chain in Roa- legacy in our great state. I thank him for his mestic.’’ noke and Blacksburg, and residential neigh- service and contributions to the state of Colo- I planned to uphold that oath by voting to borhoods including the Stonegate neighbor- rado and wish him a restful and well-deserved certify the results of the Electoral College, and hood and the Stonegate Swim Club. He was retirement from public service. we are getting back to our work and certifying and KAMALA HARRIS as our next a hands-on developer who visited his projects f every day they were under development. President and Vice President. We will do that T.A. contributed to the architecture of west- SUPPORTING THE ELECTORAL work thanks to the efforts and bravery of the ern Virginia but he contributed in other ways. COLLEGE OBJECTIONS IN THE Capitol Police and other law enforcement He advocated for Explore Park in Roanoke STATE OF agencies who have intervened. While there and Bedford Counties. As a devotee of his will be many questions about how this security alma mater, Virginia Tech, he established the HON. JOHN W. ROSE breach occurred, I am incredibly grateful for T.A. Carter Professorship in the College of Ar- OF TENNESSEE the men and women who risked their lives to chitecture, and he supported Roanoke College IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES keep us safe today. in Salem as well. T.A. also belonged to the As for the domestic terrorists who sought to Wednesday, January 6, 2021 Salem Rotary for many years. overthrow our democracy, they must be pros- T.A. was known for his kind and charitable Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, I rise in sup- ecuted. Their leader must be removed from of- nature, taking an interest in the people of his port of the objection to counting the electoral fice as soon as possible and their enablers in community and his profession and supporting votes from Pennsylvania. Congress must be held responsible for their their endeavors. I was a recipient of his gen- Violence today did not prevail. We are back role in this catastrophe. erosity. The Stonegate Swim Club which he in this chamber, carrying out our constitutional Despite 81 million votes for President-elect built and owned had an initiation fee and a duty by holding this debate and eventually Joe Biden and Vice President-elect KAMALA membership fee, but he let a single-parent moving forward with our American tradition of HARRIS, multiple recounts, and more than 60 schoolteacher in the area pay the fees in in- a peaceful transfer of power. I want to echo failed lawsuits challenging the election results, stallments for her children so they could use the Majority Leader’s statements tonight that many of my Republican colleagues followed the facility. As one of those children, I enjoyed we need to act as Americans, as ‘‘we the peo- Trump’s lead and pushed outlandish con- the opportunity to swim and took it up as a ple,’’ and that is what I am doing—fighting to spiracy theories and baseless claims of voter lifelong hobby. I am a member of that swim ensure the election integrity of this nation so fraud without any evidence, entirely void of re- club to this day. that all Americans can have trust in the proc- ality. T.A. is survived by his wife of 71 years, Jea- ess that defines us. I am fighting today to pre- Many Congressional Republicans are seek- nette Watson Carter; his daughter, Treva Jean serve our democratic republic through a ing to overturn the results of a free and fair Carter and fiance´ Alan; his son, Edward Paul thoughtful debate on the obvious flaws of the election because they don’t like the results. Carter and wife Juliette; his granddaughter, 2020 election process. They didn’t realize—or didn’t care—that their Amber Miller Mason; grandsons Jeremy Wyatt While our actions today may not reverse the actions could result in a violent coup attempt. Carter and wife Kel and Benjamin Gerald Car- blatant failure of some states to properly vet That’s exactly what happened today. ter and wife Melissa, and great-grandchildren the votes, this is an important venue to dis- The question now is a vital one: where does Maggie, Carter, Wyatt, and Millie. I wish to cuss the concerns of the many people who our country go from here? offer my condolences on the loss of T.A., who are dissatisfied with the 2020 election process. For many decades, we have had passionate did so much for the development and support Serious irregularities and improprieties in but peaceful political disagreements—a shin- of the Roanoke Valley. several states raise legitimate concerns about ing beacon of democracy. We Americans do f the election administration in those states. not support insurrection or mob rule. In short, CONGRATULATING STATE SEN- These documented irregularities were then we are so much better than this. ATOR MIKE FOOTE ON HIS RE- under reported or ignored altogether by the We are now at a crossroads in our great na- TIREMENT media. tion’s history, a moment where we see two di- Although states have long been empowered vergent paths in front of us. We can continue to administer their elections, when a state or down a path of hyper-partisanship, divisive- HON. states blatantly fail to a provide a trustworthy ness, and democratic decay, or we can try to OF COLORADO process, those states should expect calls for heal our country. We can come together to re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES accountability and transparency from citizens, ject the violence we saw today and recommit Wednesday, January 6, 2021 officials, and states nationwide. to upholding the values that unite us as Ameri- Mr. NEGUSE. Madam Speaker, today I This 2020 presidential election has shone a cans: democracy, justice, and equality. It is want to honor an extraordinary leader and col- bright light on the fact that states need to step paramount that we choose the right path.

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