[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 27980]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO REV. JESSE JACKSON

  (Mr. CONYERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, as I look over the House, no one has known 
Jesse Jackson longer than I. I remember him coming to Detroit, I 
remember going to Chicago, and I remember the work that he was doing 
even before Dr. Martin Luther King added him to the top of his staff as 
a valuable assistant.
  The quest that he pursued then is still the quest that he pursues 
now. Over the 25 years, he hasn't changed. As a matter of fact, he has 
become international. I'm so proud that in our State we nominated him 
for President in one of his runs. Obviously, now the connection is 
clear--from Jackson to Obama. Rev. Jackson, we owe you this victory 
that we celebrate today.

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