[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATING ILLINOIS ON DIVERSITY

  (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, yesterday I attended the 
inauguration ceremonies for the constitutional offices of the State of 
Illinois. I want to congratulate the people of Illinois for the 
diversity in its selection of individuals to run their State.
  Governor Rod Blagojevich was reelected; Lieutenant Governor Patrick 
Quinn, Irish American; Attorney General Lisa Madigan, a young Irish 
American; Secretary of State Jesse White, African American; Comptroller 
Dan Hynes is Irish American; and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a 
Greek American who is 30 years old and is going to do an outstanding 
job.
  I simply congratulate the people of the great State of Illinois on 
its selection of constitutional officers to run its State.

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