[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9677-9678]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD

  (Mr. ELLISON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ELLISON. Madam Speaker, I am so honored to see all of our 
colleagues rise and extol all of the great virtues of Juanita 
Millender-McDonald, talking about her historic firsts, her role as 
mayor, city councilperson, the first African-American woman to chair a 
committee in the House, and all of the

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great things that she did, things that commanded the attention of the 
whole world.
  But I just want to say, as a member of the freshman class, that 
coming to Congress, trying to figure out what is going on around here, 
things going by so quickly, Juanita Millender-McDonald had time for 
people in our situation, just trying to figure out what was happening. 
She had a moment to say, How is it going? Did you know where this was 
or where that was, and what can I do to help you?
  So in life, Madam Speaker, people will often remember the great 
things that we did that command headlines and find things that we do 
that command public attention. But greatness is measured by the small 
things in life, and in those small things she was great also.

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