June 4, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 93 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                 PAYING TRIBUTE TO LEGACY OF LEAH CHASE

  (Mr. RICHMOND asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I rise today 
to pay tribute to the life and legacy of one Mrs. Leah Chase, a world-
famous chef and businesswoman in New Orleans who is known around the 
world as the Queen of Creole Cuisine. She passed away this past 
Saturday at the age of 96.
  Mrs. Chase was someone who was admired by all she came in contact 
with. Her restaurant was the nerve center of the New Orleans civil 
rights movement. Civil rights leaders and activists used Dooky Chase 
Restaurant to meet, strategize, and organize. She fed leaders from the 
Freedom Riders to Dr. Martin Luther King to celebrities like Nat King 
Cole, and including Presidents of the United States, both George W. 
Bush and Barack Obama.
  Mrs. Chase was a personal friend, mentor, and inspiration to me. Her 
ability to connect with leaders and patrons of all backgrounds, coupled 
with her passion of people and culinary arts, makes her legacy forever 
imprinted in American and New Orleans history and culture.
  Mr. Speaker, my condolences go out to the family of Mrs. Chase, and 
in recognition of her and her late husband, Mr. Dooky Chase, for all 
that they did to make this a more perfect union.

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