[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 69 (Monday, April 30, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E888]
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 EXPRESSING SORROW OF THE HOUSE AT THE DEATH OF THE HONORABLE JUANITA 
  MILLENDER-MCDONALD, MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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                               speech of

                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 23, 2007

  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 
honor Juanita Millender-McDonald. She was my colleague and, more 
importantly, she was my friend.
  Juanita and I served together in the California State Assembly and 
later in Congress. Each week we shared a flight back and forth from 
Southern California and we grew to be very good friends.
  In Congress, we partnered on the House Transportation and 
Infrastructure Committee to address the unique and pressing 
transportation needs of Southern California. We joined together to 
bring a national focus to the importance of Southern California's goods 
movement, highway financing, and transit needs. As conferees for the 
SAFETEA-LU Act, together we worked hard to bring historic levels of 
Federal transportation funding back to the Southern California region.
  I am saddened by the loss of a great public servant and colleague 
that fought for the needs of her constituents and the Southern 
California region with grace, dedication, and honor.
  I am also saddened by the loss of a dear personal friend.
  Juanita was a kind and gentle soul who was called home far too soon. 
Her wisdom and leadership in Congress will be sorely missed. I join my 
colleagues in praying that she is in a better place and that her family 
is able to find peace in knowing the tremendous contributions she made 
to her State and Nation during her years of public service.

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