November 19, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H10831 

all enemies, foreign and domestic; that 

you will bear true faith and allegiance 

to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and 

that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which 

you are about to enter, so help you 

God. 

The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You 

are now a Member of the 110th Congress. 

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WELCOMING THE HONORABLE 

MARCIA FUDGE TO THE HOUSE 

OF REPRESENTATIVES 

The SPEAKER. Without objection, 

the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR) is recognized for 1 minute. 

There was no objection. 

Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker and 

Members of the House, obviously this 

is a great moment of joy for our country and for our delegation. Congresswoman MARCIA FUDGE will become an 

outstanding Member of this House. She 

is an attorney, a businesswoman, and a 

mayor—indeed, the first female mayor, 

and first African American mayor of 

Warrensville, Ohio—since the year 2000. 

That alone constitutes major accomplishments. 

She has her law degree from Cleveland State University, and she will become the ninth female Member ever 

elected to this Chamber from the great 

State of Ohio, and only the second African American woman ever to be 

elected from our State. 

As Mayor of Warrensville, Ohio, she 

has been heavily involved in economic 

development. In fact, she said, ‘‘I believe people started to feel really good 

about where they lived because of the 

results of our economic development 

efforts, and I think when people feel 

good about where they live, that pride 

transitions into so many positive 

things.’’ 

Congresswoman FUDGE formerly 

served our beloved colleague Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones as 

her Chief of Staff during her early 

years. She also worked early in her career on Carl Stokes’ Cleveland bid for 

mayor, as a teenager, heading up 

Young Folks for Stokes. 

She has been a law clerk; a tax attorney; county prosecutor’s office attorney; held Cuyahoga County Budget, 

Tax, and Finance positions; and she is 

Immediate Past President of Delta 

Sigma Theta Sorority, serving from 

1996 to 2000. We know what a powerhouse that is. 

She’s also a board member of the famous Cleveland Public Library and, 

perhaps most important of all, she’s a 

member of the Baptist Glenville 

Church of God. We know she’s come 

this far by faith. 

We welcome her here today and join 

her among our Buckeye ranks. 

I would be pleased to yield to the fine 

dean of our delegation from the Republican side of the aisle, Congressman 

RALPH REGULA, who we will say goodbye to as a Member this year, but not 

as a former Member, and we expect to 

see him and his beautiful wife, Mary, 

very often. 

Mr. REGULA. I thank the gentlelady 

for yielding. It’s certainly with pleasure that I rise today as the dean of the 

Ohio delegation to welcome our newest 

Member, the Honorable MARCIA FUDGE, 

of the 11th District. We will all sadly 

recall our delegation and this House 

unexpectedly lost our friend and colleague, the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs 

Jones, this past August. While we all 

miss Stephanie’s warmth and friendship, today we welcome Congresswoman FUDGE to this body. 

As my colleague from Toledo has 

said, she has an outstanding record of 

achievements, and I know she will be a 

very strong contributing Member to 

this body. Of course, she has the great 

experience of serving as the Mayor of 

Warrensville Heights. Any of you that 

have experienced local government, 

particularly as a mayor or a council 

person, you know that you have to 

learn to accommodate, compromise, 

reach across the aisle, and do a lot of 

things that will make for success in 

this body. 

Also, she is a product of Ohio’s fine 

schools. She has a bachelor’s degree in 

Business Administration from the Ohio 

State University. Go Bucks. She has a 

law degree from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State 

University. 

Madam Speaker, on behalf of my colleagues on my side of the aisle, and colleagues generally, we are happy to welcome Ms. FUDGE as one of our Members 

and wish her a long and successful career as a Member of this body. It’s a 

great honor to serve in the United 

States Congress. I think all of us can 

attest to that. 

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. 

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Ms. KAPTUR. I thank the gentleman, 

and know that Congresswoman FUDGE

will be a valued member of our delegation. We have our work cut out for us. 

We welcome you. 

Madam Speaker, we yield back our 

remaining time. 

The SPEAKER. Without objection, 

the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. 

FUDGE) is recognized for 1 minute. 

There was no objection. 

Ms. FUDGE. Thank you. 

Madam Speaker, Leader BOEHNER, 

Representative KAPTUR, Representative REGULA, the Ohio delegation, 

Members of the 110th Congress, it is, 

indeed, my pleasure and my privilege 

to be with you here today. 

I want to first just thank my mother 

and my family and my staff, my 

friends, the members of my great sorority—Delta Sigma Theta—all of the 

residents of Warrensville Heights, 

Ohio, where I served for so many years 

as mayor, and all of the people of the 

11th District for the confidence they 

placed in me in the last three elections 

that I have been in over the last 6 

weeks. I, as well, would like to thank 

my predecessors on whose shoulders I 

stand today—the Honorable Louis 

Stokes and my very dear friend, the 

Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones. 

To all of my colleagues, I say to you 

that I look forward to working with 

you because there is much work to be 

done, and I am certainly up to the 

task. I am a person who you can count 

on. I will work hard because I know 

what my job is, and my job is to serve 

the people who put me here. I know 

that my job is to do the most for those 

who have the least, and so I will work 

hard because I have promises to keep. I 

have made promises not only to myself 

and to the people of the 11th District 

but to my departed friend. So count on 

me because I do, indeed, have a promise 

to keep. 

Thank you so much. 

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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 

The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of 

rule XX, the Chair announces to the 

House that, in light of the administration of the oath of office to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. FUDGE), the 

whole number of the House is 435. 

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RECESS 

The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause 

12(a) of rule I, the Chair declares the 

House in recess subject to the call of 

the Chair. 

Accordingly (at 1 o’clock and 32 minutes p.m.), the House stood in recess 

subject to the call of the Chair. 

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AFTER RECESS 

The recess having expired, the House 

was called to order by the Speaker pro 

tempore (Mr. UDALL of Colorado) at 3 

o’clock and 4 minutes p.m. 

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DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR 

WEDNESDAY BUSINESS TODAY 

Mr. WELCH of Vermont. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 

business in order under the Calendar 

Wednesday rule be dispensed with 

today. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Vermont? 

There was no objection. 

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ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT 

RESOLUTION SIGNED 

Ms. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the 

House, reported and found truly enrolled bills and a joint resolution of the 

House of the following titles, which 

were thereupon signed by Speaker pro 

tempore, Mr. VAN HOLLEN on October 6, 

2008: 

H.R. 4010. An act to designate the facility 

of the United States Postal Service located 

at 100 West Percy Street in Indianola, Mississippi, as the ‘‘Minnie Cox Post Office 

Building’’. 


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