[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 136 (Tuesday, August 16, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING ORLANDO W. PADEN

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 16, 2022

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
tenacious and self-motivated leader, Representative Orlando Paden. Rep. 
Paden has been a champion of service, education, and dedication to the 
great state of Mississippi and his community.
  Orlando W. Paden is a native of Clarksdale, MS, and the son of 
Cornelius and Lisa Paden. He has two sisters, Marquita Paden and 
Yusomie Caldwell. Mr. Paden is a proud 2002 graduate of Coahoma 
Agricultural High School. Graduating with honors from Coahoma Community 
College in 2004; he went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude with a 
political science pre-law major from Alcorn State University in 2006. 
He also did graduate studies at Delta State University and Belhaven 
College.
  In 2015, he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, 
District 26--serving Coahoma and Bolivar counties. Rep. Paden serves on 
eight committees: Agriculture, Public Health and Human Services, 
Transportation, Tourism, and Universities and Colleges. During his 
term, he has been a staunch supporter of public education, university 
and college funding, and health for all Mississippians. In 2018, Rep. 
Paden was selected as a Mississippi Legislator delegate to study 
government abroad in Taiwan. In 2019, Rep. Paden was reelected to serve 
a second term. He lives by his motto, embodied through the words of 
Mahalia Jackson, ``If I can help somebody, as I pass along; if I can 
cheer somebody, with a word or song; if I can show somebody, how 
they're travelling wrong, then my living shall not be in vain.''
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing 
Representative Orlando Paden for his support of public education, 
university and college funding, and health for all Mississippians.

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