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HONORING ORLANDO W. PADEN
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HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON
of mississippi
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a tenacious and self-motivated leader, Representative Orlando Paden. Rep. Paden has been a champion of service, education, and dedication to the great state of Mississippi and his community.
Orlando W. Paden is a native of Clarksdale, MS, and the son of Cornelius and Lisa Paden. He has two sisters, Marquita Paden and Yusomie Caldwell. Mr. Paden is a proud 2002 graduate of Coahoma Agricultural High School. Graduating with honors from Coahoma Community College in 2004; he went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude with a political science pre-law major from Alcorn State University in 2006. He also did graduate studies at Delta State University and Belhaven College.
In 2015, he was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, District 26--serving Coahoma and Bolivar counties. Rep. Paden serves on eight committees: Agriculture, Public Health and Human Services, Transportation, Tourism, and Universities and Colleges. During his term, he has been a staunch supporter of public education, university and college funding, and health for all Mississippians. In 2018, Rep. Paden was selected as a Mississippi Legislator delegate to study government abroad in Taiwan. In 2019, Rep. Paden was reelected to serve a second term. He lives by his motto, embodied through the words of Mahalia Jackson, ``If I can help somebody, as I pass along; if I can cheer somebody, with a word or song; if I can show somebody, how they're travelling wrong, then my living shall not be in vain.''
Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Representative Orlando Paden for his support of public education, university and college funding, and health for all Mississippians.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 136(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 136(2)
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