REMEMBERING VINCENT FORT

REMEMBERING VINCENT FORT

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)] [House] [Pages H190-H191] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] {time} 0915 REMEMBERING VINCENT FORT (Mrs. McBATH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, Atlanta and the State of Georgia have lost one of our greatest champions. My constituent, State senator, and former minority whip Vincent Fort, passed away [[Page H191]] at the age of 68 after a long battle with cancer. Known as the people's champion, he took up causes like saving Grady Hospital, authoring Georgia's first antihate crime laws, and saving people's homes from predatory lenders. He was always there, fighting for the least of these. After the murder of my son, Senator Fort was the very first elected official to invite me to share my story of Jordan at our State Capitol. He didn't know me then, but he knew that what happened to Jordan was wrong and that our story needed to be told. That is just the kind of man that he was. May we all be so lucky to reflect on our lives and say: I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. I know Vincent's family can say this of him. My heart is with the children that he loved so very much--Zan, Chloe, and Zoe--and with those who knew him best. He will be deeply missed. ____________________