IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 727 
Congratulating Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson Miller for becoming 
the first female Prime Minister-designate of Jamaica. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2006 
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. LEE, Mr. BROWN of 
Ohio, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Mr. OWENS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. WATSON, 
Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BACA, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. REYES, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 
Ms. WOOLSEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. 
KUCINICH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. NADLER, and Ms. CARSON) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson 
Miller for becoming the first female Prime Minister-des-
ignate of Jamaica. 
Whereas on February 25, 2006, Portia Lucretia Simpson 
Miller was elected by a plurality of votes to the post of 
President of the People’s National Party in Jamaica, the 
first woman to be elected to that post in the party’s 
sixty-eight year history; 
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Whereas Mrs. Simpson Miller will make history by being 
sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Jamaica; 
Whereas Mrs. Simpson Miller states that her achievements 
prove that ‘‘in Jamaica, any little boy or girl, from any 
walk of life, can become Prime Minister of the country’’; 
Whereas, in 1970, Mrs. Simpson Miller was appointed Par-
liamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Local Govern-
ment and in the Office of the Prime Minister; 
Whereas, in 1989, Mrs. Simpson Miller was appointed as the 
Minister of Labour, Welfare, and Sport by former Prime 
Minister Michael Manley; 
Whereas Mrs. Simpson Miller has served in various posts in 
Prime Minister Percival J. ‘‘P.J.’’ Patterson’s cabinet 
since 1992, and prior to being appointed President of the 
People’s National Party served as Minister for Local 
Government, Community Development and Sport; 
Whereas Mrs. Simpson Miller considers herself an advocate 
for the poor, the dispossessed, and the oppressed; 
Whereas Mrs. Simpson Miller participated in the first Elea-
nor Roosevelt Caucus of Women Political Leaders and 
the Women in Leadership Conference at Harvard Univer-
sity’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; 
Whereas Jamaica is an English-speaking Caribbean nation 
with a population of approximately 2.7 million, has a sta-
ble parliamentarian democracy, and is a middle-income 
developing country; 
Whereas United States relations with Jamaica are close and 
characterized by significant bilateral economic efforts on 
issues such as the reduction of drug trafficking, hurri-
cane reconstruction, and combating the AIDS epidemic; 
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