OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

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Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 19, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to shine a bright light on the ultimate example of leadership set by a resident of eastern Connecticut's second district, Debbie MacCoy. For more than six years, Debbie has been on the front lines of the crumbling foundations crisis affecting the State of Connecticut, and now we know, the State of Massachusetts as well. Throughout this crisis, Debbie has acted as a leading figure on the issue, dedicating countless hours in advocacy, education, and communication with local, state, and federal leaders, leading researchers, and international communities impacted by similar crises. Debbie has operated as a volunteer throughout this entire period and will soon retire from her role as one of the preeminent community advocates on this issue.

In part due to Debbie's leadership, hundreds of families have now been able to remain in their home with a remodeled foundation, with thousands more in the pipeline.

Organizing purely from a grassroots level, Debbie left her career of more than 30 years to allow the time necessary to focus on the issue of crumbling foundations. Each week, she has poured through correspondence from homeowners writing to her under duress seeking guidance or assistance.

Madam Speaker, it is an honor to represent constituents as dedicated as Debbie. I have had the privilege of knowing her personally for many years and can attest to her compassion for others and her high ethical standards in the way she conducts herself in the community. If it were not for advocates like her, there would be far fewer solutions available to those affected by this crisis. I am grateful for Debbie's fierce example of altruism and her decades-long friendship. To that end, I ask that my colleagues in the House join me in memorializing Deborah MacCoy's efforts, setting them further into stone and thanking her for all those who have benefitted from those efforts. Debbie will forever be a ``concrete queen'' for Connecticut residents. I thank her.

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