Elijah Cummings: “the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Majette) is a lifelong public servant who has spent her career fighting for our…”

“the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Majette) is a lifelong public servant who has spent her career fighting for our families and our children. Denise Majette was born into a working-class family, her mother, a teacher, and her father, a civil servant, who instilled in her the values of hard work, dedication to public service and strong religious beliefs. It is these childhood lessons that guided her life and her rise from these roots against tremendous odds to become one of the first African American women to attend Yale University and Duke University School of Law. Upon graduation, Denise Majette answered the call of public service, joining the Legal Aid in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as a staff attorney. At Legal Aid, Denise Majette helped hardworking families who were struggling to make ends meet. After moving to Georgia in 1983, Ms. Majette continued working for her community, serving as a law clerk for the Georgia Court of Appeals, a special assistant attorney general and an administrative law judge. Then in 1993, Ms. Majette was appointed as a judge on the State court of DeKalb County. In 2002, Denise resigned from the bench and was elected to Congress, a talented legislator fighting for our children, our seniors, our veterans, and yes, our families. Denise lives the lesson her parents taught her, that to whom much is given, much is required. So when it looked like time was running out for Democrats in Georgia, she put it all on the line.…”