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




                      LEXIS-NEXIS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

 Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize 
LexisNexis, an Ohio company celebrating a very important milestone. 
LexisNexis, the first commercial, full-text legal information service, 
is celebrating its 30th anniversary today. This company, headquartered 
in Dayton, provides a service that has become an indispensable 
information resource to a wide range of professionals, not only in many 
of our congressional offices, but also in the legal, business, and 
academic arenas.
  In an era when many professionals frequented the library looking for 
the necessary documents, LexisNexis introduced desktop terminals that 
allowed subscribers to call up a variety of documents from their desks, 
making LexisNexis the preferred search engine of countless 
professionals. Today, the LexisNexis continues to revolutionize legal 
research by providing its over 1.6 million subscribers with up-to-date 
information covering a variety of topics, from worldwide newspapers and 
magazines to tax and accounting information and legislative records. 
Currently, there are an astounding 2 billion documents available in the 
LexisNexis database, with 6.8 million documents added each week, 
providing its subscribers with a wealth of knowledge.
  I commend LexisNexis on the success it has achieved over the past 30 
years and wish the company, and all of its 13,000 employees worldwide, 
continued success in delivering high-quality, invaluable resources and 
information.

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