[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15748]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            MOURNING THE PASSING OF HON. MAYNARD H. JACKSON

  (Mr. SCOTT of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. Ladies and gentlemen of the House, this is 
indeed a sad day. Maynard Holbrook Jackson passed away with a severe 
heart attack that happened at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National 
Airport this morning.
  Maynard Jackson was a pioneer of soaring magnitude, not only in just 
the world of politics but in the world of business as well. It was his 
guiding influence that made the City of Atlanta a world class city. It 
was through his guidance that the Atlanta International Airport, which 
is now the world's busiest airport, was built. It was through his 
guidance and leadership that Atlanta became host to the 1996 Olympics, 
making it indeed a world class city.
  We mourn his loss but indeed we celebrate an extraordinary life of 
significant and historic and legendary achievement. Not only was his 
mark on life for African Americans, for he was indeed a bridge-builder 
across racial lines at a time in Atlanta and in the South where we so 
desperately needed it.
  Truly a giant in the forest has fallen this day. I know everybody in 
this House of Representatives, the Congress of the United States, joins 
with me in saying we thank God that he sent Maynard Holbrook Jackson 
our way. Truly a child of God and a sojourner of truth and 
righteousness and an extraordinarily great American, Maynard Holbrook 
Jackson.

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