[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9078]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                            PRISONER REENTRY

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, on yesterday, I had the 
delightful experience of attending the very first meeting of the 
commission just established by the Governor of Illinois to look 
seriously at the whole question of prisoner re-entry, what to do with 
the 35,000, 36,000 people returning home from prison in our State. I 
want to commend the Governor of Illinois for his farsighted vision in 
looking at one of the pernicious problems facing urban America. We look 
forward to some productive action coming from that commission. Mr. 
Governor, I thank you.

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