Keith Ellison: “I am so honored to see all of our colleagues rise and extol all of the great virtues of Juanita Millender-McDonald…”

“I am so honored to see all of our colleagues rise and extol all of the great virtues of Juanita Millender-McDonald, talking about her historic firsts, her role as mayor, city councilperson, the first African-American woman to chair a committee in the House, and all of the great things that she did, things that commanded the attention of the whole world. But I just want to say, as a member of the freshman class, that coming to Congress, trying to figure out what is going on around here, things going by so quickly, Juanita Millender-McDonald had time for people in our situation, just trying to figure out what was happening. She had a moment to say, How is it going? Did you know where this was or where that was, and what can I do to help you? So in life, Madam Speaker, people will often remember the great things that we did that command headlines and find things that we do that command public attention. But greatness is measured by the small things in life, and in those small things she was great also.”