House Proceeding on Apr 24th, 2007 :: 0:16:53 to 0:20:21
Total video length: 44 minutes Stream Tools: Stream Overview | Edit Time

Note: MetaVid video transcripts may contain inaccuracies, help us build a more perfect archive

Download OptionsEmbed Video

Views:176 Duration: 0:03:28 Discussion

Previous speech:

Next speech:

0:14:26 to 0:16:53( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Al Green

0:16:42 to 0:16:53( Edit History Discussion )

Al Green: i thank the chair for recognizing me. members of the house, we tend to use the term friend very liberally in this institution. we often apply it to anyone with whom we've had more than a casual

0:16:53 to 0:17:10( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: of passing conversation. juanita millender-mcdonald was someone that i genuinely viewed as a friend. not in the way the members of the house use that term, but in the way that ordinary people

0:16:53 to 0:20:21( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Artur Davis

0:17:10 to 0:17:25( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: who are watching this on television use it. there were a lot of days when we sat on this floor and we talked together. they were a lot of days when we sat on this floor and i spoke to her of my

0:17:25 to 0:17:39( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: aspirations and goals and she spoke to me of hers. there were times that i spoke of my family and she spoke of her abiding faith and family. not many people realize that juanita was from birmingham,

0:17:39 to 0:17:51( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: alabama, and it is a tragedy that a black woman born in 1937 and 1938 felt that she had to leave the state of alabama to reach her full promise. juanita did. and it was my state's loss. she

0:17:51 to 0:18:08( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: went to the state of california, and so many of my colleagues told the story for her wonderful career there, but she always retained memories of growing up in the south. she always retained

0:18:08 to 0:18:24( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: memories of growing up in a segregated environment. and her family, much of it remains there. another thing that was not widely known, juanita's brother, shelly millender, was a long-time talk

0:18:24 to 0:18:36( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: show host in the city of birmingham and i had a long-term friendship with him. there were very few people that would welcome me to their programs. the very first one to do so was shelly millender. i

0:18:36 to 0:18:50( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: always appreciated it. juanita's nephew has become a friend of mine, and i always enjoyed telling her how proud she should be of him and how well he conducts himself in the city of birmingham.

0:18:50 to 0:19:02( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: so, mr. speaker, what i want to say today, juanita millender-mcdonald was a phenomenally elegant, restrained and dignified woman. she richly deserved the title, madam chairwoman, that she was beginning

0:19:02 to 0:19:14( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: to wear so well. and i remember my last conversation with her sitting just off this floor. it was not uncommon for us to gather and talk to us what was going on as we left the floor. i remember

0:19:14 to 0:19:34( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: her telling me during that conversation how much she looked forward to her work on the house administration committee. i remember her telling me how much she looked forward to several hearings

0:19:34 to 0:19:48( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: that were upcoming. she never had the chance to do that which she talked about that day. but i will always remember her confidence, her courage, and her deansency. and as she and her family watch

0:19:48 to 0:19:59( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: and they prepare for god to take her back home in heaven, know that her time spent here was well served and she honors her state of alabama, my state and the state she adopted and worked

0:19:59 to 0:20:21( Edit History Discussion )

Artur Davis: so abley, california. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. jackson, for three minutes. mr.

0:20:21 to 0:20:33( Edit History Discussion )

Jesse L. Jr.Jackson: jackson: i want to send condolences to the family of my colleague, chairwoman juanita millender-mcdonald, and let them know that they're in my heart and in my prayers. i want to send condolences to the

0:20:21 to 0:24:38( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Jesse L. Jr.Jackson