[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 155 (Tuesday, December 6, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2458]
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 IN HONOR OF ANGEL GURRIA'S SELECTION AS THE NEXT SECRETARY-GENERAL OF 
                                THE OECD

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 6, 2005

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Organization for 
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) selecting Jose Angel 
Gurria Trevino as their next Secretary-General. Angel Gurria has been a 
good personal friend of mine for several years, and I am certain that 
his impressive leadership skills will be a tremendous asset to the 
OECD.
  Previously, Gurria served as Mexico's Minister of Foreign Affairs 
from 1994 to 1998 and Minister of Finance and Public Credit from 1998 
to 2000. During his time in these two posts, Gurria has worked 
diligently with me and many of my Congressional colleagues in promoting 
a better relationship with our neighbor to the South. In 1999, he was 
named Finance Minister of the Year by Euromoney Magazine. The following 
year, he was chosen Finance Minister of the World's Dream Cabinet by 
World Link, the magazine edited by the World Economic Forum. We are 
fortunate that all of the OECD member countries will now be able to 
benefit from Gurria's brilliance. He has done great work for his native 
Mexico and his economic abilities can now serve the thirty nations of 
the OECD.
  I thank the current outgoing Secretary-General, Donald J. Johnston, 
for his ten years of service to the OECD. Gurria inherits a good legacy 
created under Johnston, and I am confident that he will be able to lead 
the organization to even greater accomplishments.
  I wish Gurria all the best for a successful start to his term leading 
the OECD. I congratulate him, his wife Dr. Lulu Quintana, and their 
three children on Gurria's honorable appointment.

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