[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 131 (Monday, October 17, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2093]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRATULATIONS TO EMMETT C. BURNS, JR.

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 17, 2005

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to 
Emmett C. Burns, Jr., who is an outstanding delegate to the Maryland 
House of Delegates and who has been awarded this year's Thurgood 
Marshall Legacy Award by the Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP.
  It is most fitting that Emmett Burns is the recipient of an award 
named for our Nation's first African-American U.S. Supreme Court 
Justice. Thurgood Marshall, who was born in Baltimore, was one of the 
most important figures in our Nation's struggle for civil rights. As 
chief attorney for the NAACP, he successfully argued the Brown v. Board 
of Education case before the Supreme Court, ending legalized 
segregation of our Nation's schools.
  Since 1995, Emmett Burns has been a leader in the Maryland House of 
Delegates for the rights of all Marylanders. Most recently, he was 
instrumental in the enactment of a law to rename Maryland's largest 
airport the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall 
Airport.
  As former head and lifelong member of the Baltimore NAACP, he has 
been a role model for the African-American community, providing a 
strong voice for social justice and equality. I have known Emmett Burns 
for many years and I consider him a friend whose advice I seek and 
value.
  I urge my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to join me 
in congratulating Del. Emmett C. Burns on being this year's recipient 
of the Baltimore City NAACP Thurgood Marshall Legacy Award.

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