[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    CONGRATULATIONS GOVERNORS-ELECT HALEY BARBOUR AND ERNIE FLETCHER

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, congratulations to 
Governor-elect Ernie Fletcher, our colleague from Kentucky, on his 
historic election yesterday as the first Republican-elected Governor in 
the Commonwealth in 32 years. I was honored to spend the last 4 days 
campaigning door-to-door for the Fletcher team, and I discovered 
firsthand our colleague and his wife Glenna are greatly admired for 
their integrity and competence.
  Yesterday was also a big day in Mississippi with the election of 
Haley Barbour, who unseated a sitting Democratic Governor. As the RNC 
chairman, Governor-elect Barbour has proven he can make a difference. 
The Republican revolution inspired by Ronald Reagan for limited 
government and expanded freedom continues to consolidate throughout the 
South, building on last year's success in South Carolina with Mark 
Sanford, Georgia with Sonny Perdue and Alabama with Bob Riley.
  The past month's Republican gubernatorial victories begun by 
Republican Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger of California 
underscores the confidence by the American people in President Bush's 
economic policies reflected by this 7.2 percent gross domestic product 
increase and by support of the President's serious resolve to win the 
war on terror to protect the American people at home.
  At this time, in conclusion, God bless our troops.

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