[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 45 (Thursday, March 9, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E204-E205]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING THE CAREER OF JOHN JOINES

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                           HON. ERIC BURLISON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 9, 2023

  Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the career of 
John Joines, a Southwest Missouri public servant, who has spent the 
last 25 years fighting poverty in his community.
  Mr. Joines began his career with the Economic Security Corporation, 
Southwest Area, in 1997 as a program planner. Within 2 years, he had 
made such an impact that he became

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CEO in 1999 and is only the third person to hold the title since the 
corporation's 1965 founding. Since taking leadership of the 
organization, Mr. Joines has grown its workforce to over 300 employees, 
developed partnerships to create over 200 affordable housing units, 
worked with the Joplin School District to develop the Bright Futures 
program, and administered anti-poverty programs to hundreds of 
thousands of Missouri's low-income individuals and families.
  Mr. Joines has served as a City Councilmen for Carthage, Missouri, 
and was appointed by the Governor to a Blue-Ribbon Committee to make 
recommendations for the Missouri Housing Development Commission. Mr. 
Joines also served as President of the Missouri Community Action 
Agency, and was an executive on the Region VII, CAA Board of Directors.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Joines will be serving his last day as CEO of the 
Economic Security Corporation, Southwest Area, on March 31, 2023. I 
wish to recognize his career of service to the members of our community 
as he closes out his career this month.

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