[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 2, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4700-S4701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING LEXIS-NEXIS

 Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, today I am pleased to offer 
special recognition to a great Ohio company, LexisNexis, on the 
auspicious occasion of the Thirtieth Anniversary of online legal 
research.

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  Thirty years ago today in a Dayton, OH office building, a team of 
employees and consultants developed the world's first full-text 
commercial search engine to use for legal research. LexisNexis thus 
launched the first online legal research system, an innovation that 
revolutionized the way legal and business professionals, government 
officials, and academics conduct online legal and business research.
  This special milestone offers a unique opportunity to reflect on the 
company's tradition of innovation and to look with optimism to the 
future. Today, LexisNexis is a global leader in legal, news and 
business information services, a distinction supported by product lines 
that date back more than a century.
  With more than 3,000 employees in Ohio and over 13,000 employees 
worldwide, LexisNexis has enhanced the quality of life within the 
communities where it employees live and work, and it is truly deserving 
of high praise. I am certain that as this worthy enterprise maintains 
its commitment to deliver superior services and solutions to its 
customers, it will continue to grow and prosper and will follow in the 
tradition of innovation which has long been the hallmark of the 
company.
  Thus, with sincere pleasure, I congratulate LexisNexis on this 
Thirtieth Anniversary and extend best wishes for the future.

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