[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 199 (Thursday, December 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WELCOME TO JESSE JACKSON, JR.

  (Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I have known our new colleague 
for a very long period of time and have worked with his parents for an 
extremely long period of time. I have watched him grow up in a very 
disciplined, loving household, one that has been in the forefront of 
all of the issues. I have particularly watched him grow up in an 
environment where his very loving family has been one that has been led 
by a freedom fighter, his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and who has 
been under the very loving care of his mother, Mrs. Jacqueline Jackson.
  Clearly here is a young man who grew up sort of in the eye of a storm 
of liberation and a storm of good will that was trying to be brought 
for our country, and yet here is a young man who is an example of what 
can happen to young people.
  Here is a young man who has never had a problem with drugs, a young 
man who has never had a problem with the law, a young man who has 
developed into a fine human being, one who has a great education, one 
who has been a person who wanted to learn and to grow. He epitomizes 
what America can do and what those of us who are concerned about the 
well-being of our young people can hope to expect.
  Let me say this. It has already been discussed that he has a number 
of degrees, a Bachelor's degree from North Carolina A&T University. He 
has a Master's from the Chicago Theological Seminary. He has a law 
degree from the University of Illinois. Believe me, he got a mandate 
from the Second Congressional District of Illinois, and has won two 
elections in 2 weeks, and we salute him.

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