[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 64 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   MIGNON CLYBURN'S APPOINTMENT TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SERVICE 
                               COMMISSION

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate 
Mignon Clyburn, daughter of U.S. Representative James Clyburn, on her 
election to the South Carolina Public Service Commission. The PSC--
which overseas electricity, gas, phone, water, and sewer rates--is 
crucial to safeguarding consumer rights for all the people of South 
Carolina. Its work will be especially important and complex now that 
the telecommunications and utilities industries have been deregulated. 
It is because the work of the Public Service Commission is so important 
that I am glad to see someone as capable and dedicated as Mignon 
Clyburn appointed to the Commission.
  Public service flows in Mignon's blood. Her father, the first black 
Representative elected from South Carolina since Reconstruction, served 
South Carolina for many years in various community and state positions 
before entering the House of Representatives.
  Mignon has worked for over a decade as the driving force behind The 
Coastal Times newspaper. Her tireless work writing, editing, and 
marketing the magazine has earned it well-deserved praise as one of the 
best community papers in the Southeast. Mignon also has served her 
community through extensive volunteer work with the United Way and 
other organizations.
  Mr. President, Mignon Clyburn will make an excellent Commissioner. 
She understands the importance of the Public Service Commission for the 
people of South Carolina. She said after accepting the position, ``I 
think this is the most significant agency . . . in the state. What's 
more vital or fundamental than your utilities?''
  Mignon Clyburn will make a wonderful Public Service Commissioner. She 
is an intelligent, hard working, and committed to improving the life of 
every South Carolinian. I am confident she will be a dedicated and 
effective guardian of South Carolina consumers.

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