[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14241]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             COMMEMORATING DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I would like to join with my 
colleague, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), today as we 
memorialize the loss of Officer Chestnut and Detective Gibson on behalf 
of the whole House, and I speak on behalf of the Democratic side as 
well.
  I rise this morning, Mr. Speaker, to commemorate my sorority, Delta 
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., that is celebrating its annual convention 
in Atlanta, Georgia. I am proud to be a member of that sorority that 
hosts more than 200,000 members across this country and 
internationally, women who have graduated from colleges all over this 
world. We are not only a sorority in the sense that people talk about 
sororities, but we are a national service sorority, having been 
involved in many projects throughout this country to raise the level of 
consciousness of women and folk across the country.
  So I just want to celebrate the President of our organization, 
Gwendelynn Boyd, and all of our other national members, and the 
immediate past president, Marsha Fudge, now the mayor of the city of 
Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

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