E1256 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 13, 2016 PERSONAL EXPLANATION all of Annapolis MD; her grandchildren; Barton way for Texas’s next generation, he was al- Vaughan, Elizabeth Vaughan, Christopher ways striving to serve his community. Mr. HON. TAMMY DUCKWORTH Austin, Robert Vaughan, Sam Barton, Alison Speaker, I hope that every one of us here, re- OF ILLINOIS Doherty, Caroline Vaughan Kreutzer, Sarah gardless of our party or political stance, would IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Doherty, Kylee Barton and Harrison Barton; take after his example, always viewing our Tuesday, September 13, 2016 and two great granddaughters; Georgina time here as an opportunity to serve the great Vaughan and Caroline Vaughan. people of this nation. Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. Speaker, on Sep- We honor and remember Jo’s memory by And that’s just the way it is. tember 12, 2016, on Roll Call Number 496 on opening a wonderful bottle of wine and cook- f the motion to suspend the rules and agree to ing a favorite meal. ‘‘Grieve not, nor speak of H. Res. 847, Expressing the sense of the me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if PERSONAL EXPLANATION House of Representatives about a national I were beside you . loved you so—’twas strategy for the Internet of Things to promote Heaven here with you.’ ’’—Isla Paschal HON. TERRI A. SEWELL economic growth and consumer empower- Richardon OF ALABAMA ment, I am not recorded. Had I been present, f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I would have voted YES on the motion to sus- Tuesday, September 13, 2016 pend the rules and agree to the resolution, H. TEXAS RANGER—LAWRENCE Res. 847. SULLIVAN ROSS Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, dur- On September 12, 2016, on Roll Call Num- ing Roll Call votes held on September 13, ber 497 on the motion to suspend the rules HON. TED POE 2016, I was inescapably detained handling im- portant matters related to my District and the and agree to H. Res. 835, Expressing the OF TEXAS sense of the House of Representatives that State of Alabama. If I had been present, I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the United States should adopt a national pol- would have voted NO on the Motion on Order- icy for technology to promote consumers’ ac- Tuesday, September 13, 2016 ing the Previous Question on the Rule pro- cess to financial tools and online commerce to Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the year viding for consideration of H.R. 5620, NO on promote economic growth and consumer em- was 1839 and thousands of families were H. Res. 859, NO on the Motion on Ordering powerment, I am not recorded. Had I been looking to settle new lands for their families the Previous Question on the Rule providing present, I would have voted YES on the mo- across the prairies and for the Ross family, for consideration of H.R. 3590, and NO on H. tion to suspend the rules and agree to the res- Texas was where they chose to raise their Res. 858. Also, I would have voted NO on olution, H. Res. 835. young children. Lawrence Sullivan Ross was final passage of H.R. 3590, YES on final pas- f still an infant when they moved to Texas, and sage of H.R. 5587, and YES on H. Res. 729. he grew up seeing just how wild the land of f IN HONOR OF JO BARTON this fledgling nation was. He was only eleven POLICE LIEUTENANT GARY when he was involved in his first Indian fight, TOLDNESS HON. SAM FARR and through the years helped his father pro- OF CALIFORNIA tect the area around Waco from attacks. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Though he wanted to follow in his father’s HON. ED PERLMUTTER Tuesday, September 13, 2016 footsteps and become an Indian fighter, as a OF COLORADO Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to young man he realized the need for an edu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor the life of Jo Clough Barton. Jo died cation and enrolled at Baylor University. Tuesday, September 13, 2016 After graduation, he joined the Texas Rang- peacefully, surrounded by her family, in her Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise ers and quickly won favor among many of his home in Annapolis, Maryland on August 3, today to recognize and applaud Federal superiors, including the governor of Texas, 2016. She was 85 years old. Heights Police Lieutenant Gary Toldness for Sam Houston. Houston gave Ross the author- Born Martha Jo Clough on March 19, 1931 his decades of service to the City of Federal ity to raise a small militia and Ross spent the to Sara Jo and Arthur Clough in Oklahoma Heights, Colorado. For more than forty years, next several years fighting against Comanche City, she attended Edgemere Elementary Lieutenant Toldness has been active within raiding parties. He only halted his service School before her family moved to Ardmore, the community and the police department when the Civil War broke out. He fought in the OK in 1941. She graduated from Ardmore serving constituents of Federal Heights. High School in 1949 and then attended the Sixth Texas Calvary division and was pro- Lieutenant Toldness started his career in University of Oklahoma where she met and moted to brigadier general in 1863, and began 1976 as a reserve police officer at the Federal married her husband Gerald (Jerry) Barton. commanding the Texas Calvary Brigade (later Heights Police Department (FHPD). From She attended and graduated second in her called ‘‘Ross’s Brigade.’’) there he served in various parts of the depart- While his health suffered during the war, class from the University of Oklahoma College ment including Detective, Sergeant, Lieuten- Ross’s desire to serve the state that he loved of Law in 1955 and was admitted to the pres- ant, and Commander. He worked his way up stayed as strong as ever. So instead of con- tigious honor society, the Order of Coif. She through the Department serving as the Fed- tinuing to fight, his friends convinced him to was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Associa- eral Heights Police Department public informa- run for public office. He served in the Senate tion in 1955. tion officer, the FHPD SWAT team where he for a full term, but later found that state politics Jo practiced law in Oklahoma from 1958 to served both as a sniper and the Commander, were more agreeable with him, and ran for 1968 for the firm Mosteller, Andrews, Mosberg and as the first supervisor of the 17th Judicial governor. Working hard to serve those around (now Andrews, Davis) and later opened an District Critical Incident Team. His hard work him, people would later describe his terms in independent book store in the Avondale Shop- and dedication each and every day to making office as ‘‘one of good will and harmony.’’ But ping Center. She was a volunteer at Beta the community of Federal Heights a great it wasn’t until he left office that he started Theta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fra- place to live and work demonstrates his exem- doing what he considered his greatest public ternity at OU, mentoring many young women. plary work as a police officer. She also volunteered in many of her children’s service. After his last term finished as gov- I extend my deepest thanks to Lieutenant activities and at their school. An ardent Demo- ernor, he stepped right into his role as the Toldness for his dedication and service to the crat, she championed liberal causes and new president of the small, failing Agricultural Federal Heights community. and Mechanical College of Texas. Through his raised money for progressive candidates f throughout her life. leadership the school was able to start grow- She and Jerry later moved to Big Sur, CA ing again, and many new buildings were TRIBUTE TO JAN FRANK-DE OIS where she served as president of the Carmel added on. Today that college enjoys its status Bach Festival, on the board of Hospice of the as a world-class school, and goes by the HON. DAVID YOUNG Monterey Peninsula and opened a children’s name of Texas A&M University. He passed OF IOWA clothing store called Nana’s. She moved to away during his tenure as president in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Annapolis, MD in 2015 to be close to her chil- then-small town of College Station. dren. His love for the people of Texas was evi- Tuesday, September 13, 2016 She is survived by her children, Joann dent in all that he did. Whether it in the armed Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise Vaughan, Doug Barton and Martha Doherty, forces, up here on Capitol Hill, or paving the today to recognize and congratulate Jan VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Sep 14, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K13SE8.005 E13SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS.