[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 19305-19306]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 RECOGNIZING FORMER U.S. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THE LATE HENRY T. RAINEY

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 3, 1999

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this time to recognize 
the extraordinary

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work of Carrollton's home town hero, former Speaker of the House Henry 
T. Rainey. A memorial to the famous resident will hang in the new 
visitors center in Alton. ``Rainey put the Alton area into the world 
trade and transportation market by pushing an appropriation through the 
U.S. House to build Locks and Dam 26 in Alton in 1938,'' Greene County 
historian Phil Alfred said. Rainey worked closely with President 
Roosevelt during the depression until his sudden death in 1934.
  Although Rainey served in Congress for thirty years and became one of 
the most powerful speakers in the history of the U.S. House, he never 
forgot his roots in Carrollton. He always came back to his farm to 
visit the people of his home town. My colleague Congressman Jerry 
Costello and I are extremely proud of the residents of the Alton area 
for taking pride in their community and honoring a great man.

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