[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21741]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN HONOR OF CONGRESSWOMAN STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES FOR 25 YEARS OF PUBLIC 
                                SERVICE

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 29, 2006

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor and recognition of 
my friend and our colleague, the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones, for 
her 25 years of service to the people of Ohio. The residents of the 
11th Congressional District, the U.S. House of Representatives, as well 
as all Americans, are fortunate to have such a tremendously dedicated 
Representative.
  A woman of courage, integrity, and passion, Congresswoman Tubbs Jones 
is the first African American woman elected to the U.S. House of 
Representatives from Ohio, as well as the first to serve on the House 
Ways and Means Committee. During her tenure, she has led the charge to 
make quality healthcare and education available for all. Additionally, 
she has fought tirelessly for working people, having introduced the 
Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Reduction Act, the Campus Fire 
Protection Act, and the courageous ``Count Every Vote'' Act.
  I have been honored to stand with Congresswoman Tubbs Jones in 
representing Cleveland for the past 8 years. The Congresswoman's 
dedication to the city is unmatched. She fought tirelessly to help not 
only save more than 1,000 Cleveland jobs with the Defense Finance and 
Accounting Service, when it was nearly shut down, but to add an 
additional 475 jobs. And when proposals were issued to eliminate 700 
jobs in Northeast Ohio at the NASA Glenn Research Center, Congresswoman 
Tubbs Jones helped lead a charge that crossed party lines, and was 
successful in preserving this critical part of Ohio's economy.
  Throughout her public service career, family has always remained her 
top priority. She was a giving wife to her late husband, Mervyn L. 
Jones Sr. for 27 years, and is the proud mother of their son, Mervyn L. 
Jones II. Still, her dedication to public service has not wavered. 
Congresswoman Tubbs Jones was elected judge of Cleveland's Municipal 
Court in 1981, and later served on the Court of Common Pleas of 
Cuyahoga County. From 1994 to 1999, she worked as the Cuyahoga County 
Prosecutor, before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives 
in 1999.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, it is truly an honor to recognize the 
most distinguished, Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones for 25 years of 
public service to the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, and all 
Americans whom she now serves. Her successes are testaments to hard 
work and dedication to the people she works so diligently to serve: her 
constituents. There is no other person I would rather have the 
privilege of working with in representing Cleveland than Stephanie 
Tubbs Jones, and few that I admire more.

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