[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATIONS TO CHARLES McMILLAN

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 24, 2007

  Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Charles 
McMillan, a constituent of the 26th District of Texas, who has been 
elected the new President for the National Association of Realtors for 
2008 and will subsequently serve as Chairman for NAR in 2009.
  Mr. McMillan, a Realtor' for more than 20 years, is 
director of realty relations and principal broker for Coldwell Banker 
Residential Brokerage, Dallas-Fort Worth. At the national level, 
McMillan was NAR 2006 first vice president-elect. He has twice served 
as NAR regional vice president of Region X, which includes Texas and 
Louisiana. He is a member of the NAR Leadership Team, the executive 
committee, and the Strategic Planning committee. He has also been 
recognized by NAR as an expert in the areas of agency, antitrust, 
misrepresentation, fair housing, and diversity.
  In 1998, he was president of the Texas Association of 
Realtors', and was vice president and secretary-treasurer 
before that. He was Texas ``Realtor' of the Year'' in 2000, 
and now has risen to the leadership role of president of the National 
Association of Realtors for 2008.
  Mr. McMillan is also very active in his north Texas community as a 
life member of the Texas Real Estate Teachers Association. He is a past 
chairman of the Community Development Council of Fort Worth, the 
Tarrant County Affordable Housing Task Force, and the Housing 
Subcommittee of Fort Worth, and a past director of the United Way of 
Tarrant County and of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.
  It is my honor to congratulate Mr. Charles McMillan for his recent 
election to president of his association. He is admired in the 
community for helping others, and I am glad that his work is being 
recognized at a national level. I am honored to represent him in 
Congress.

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