[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 175 (Monday, December 8, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H12752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  ACKNOWLEDGING ADMIRABLE CALIFORNIANS

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to congratulate Governor 
Schwarzenegger on his efforts to ``clean house'' in California. Since 
he took office last month, he has been implementing many reforms to 
California's economic and security problems. He has rescinded a $4 
billion car tax, called for a constitutional amendment to limit State 
spending, and worked with the legislature to repeal the law that allows 
illegal aliens to obtain driver's license. Instead of hiding his head 
in the sand as his predecessor did, he has shown the courage to balance 
the State's budget without raising taxes and to protect the security of 
the State.
  I would also like to speak on another admirable Californian, Judge 
Janice Brown. Judge Brown is the daughter of a sharecropper who has 
beat the odds to become one of the finest judges in America. Critics 
claim she is an extreme conservative who is outside of America's 
mainstream, but they are the ones who are outside the mainstream. These 
critics have intentionally disregarded her judicial opinions that have 
upheld due process rights for criminal defendants and consumer 
protection for Californians. This body must stand with Californians, 
like Governor Schwarzenegger and Judge Brown, who are working to make a 
difference.

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