[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 158 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2210]
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               WISCONSIN CITIZEN ACTION 20TH ANNIVERSARY

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                           HON. TAMMY BALDWIN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 4, 2003

  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Wisconsin Citizen 
Action's 20th Anniversary as the state's leading public interest 
organization. I am honored to share with you today the accomplishments 
of this powerful Wisconsin organization.
  I applaud Wisconsin Citizen Action's twenty year commitment to 
political activism for progressive change that benefits all of us in 
Wisconsin. They have helped pass twenty laws, trained and developed 
hundreds of citizen leaders, and organized tens of thousands of 
residents to work for social, economic and environmental justice. Just 
a few of their recent victories include SeniorCare, a vitally important 
program to provide seniors with prescription drug coverage, a mining 
moratorium protecting Wisconsin's precious northwoods against unsafe 
mining, a tough ordinance for lead poisoning prevention in Milwaukee, 
and they also obtained a five-fold increase in the funding for the SAGE 
program, which reduces classroom size for our Wisconsin school 
children.
  As a former Wisconsin Citizen Action board member, I had the 
privilege of seeing firsthand the truly remarkable impact Wisconsin 
Citizen Action has had on our great state. Wisconsin Citizen Action has 
given Wisconsin residents the power to improve their communities. It is 
through people working together and sharing ideas that social change is 
achieved, and as these recent accomplishments demonstrate, Wisconsin 
Citizen Action does just this. I commend this group for their insight 
and their tireless action in joining the political power of a few with 
the voices and ideas of many.
  Mr. Speaker, I join my fellow Wisconsinites in congratulating 
Wisconsin Citizen Action on their 20th Anniversary and for their many 
great achievements. I wish them continued success for another 20 years 
and beyond.

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