Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today released the following statement on President-elect Barack Obama’s naming of Congresswoman Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor, Congressman Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation, and former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk as U.S. Trade Representative.

“Today, President-elect Barack Obama named three outstanding individuals to his administration.  I have a very high regard for both Congresswoman Hilda Solis and Congressman Ray LaHood, and I can attest first-hand to their expertise and their abilities.  Both will be missed in the House of Representatives, but I look forward to working with them in their new roles.

“I have known Ron Kirk since he was a young man, and I could not be prouder of him than I am today.  Ron is a man who brings people together and gets things done, and I know that he will bring his estimable intelligence to his new role.”

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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.