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“RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF KENNETH D. McCLINTOCK” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1530-E1531 on Nov. 12, 2014.
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RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF KENNETH D. McCLINTOCK
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HON. ALAN GRAYSON
of florida
in the house of representatives
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, to recognize Kenneth D. McClintock. McClintock served as the 22nd Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. As Secretary of State, he fulfilled two roles, serving as the head of Puerto Rico's Department of State and, perhaps even more important, serving as lieutenant governor. McClintock also served as Acting Governor whenever the Governor was away from Puerto Rico.
As Secretary of State, he digitalized his department, reducing backlogs and speeding up services, in spite of having lost 60 percent of his employees through early retirements, attrition and involuntary layoffs triggered by the fiscal crisis of 2008 to 2009. Governor Fortuno delegated multiple additional responsibilities to McClintock, such as chairing the Advisory Council on Government Reform and Reorganization. McClintock's government reorganization plans resulted in the streamlining of government services and agencies, the creation of new agencies, such as the Financial Education Institute, and multi-
million dollar savings.
McClintock capped a 16-year career as a member of the Puerto Rico Senate, serving as the 13th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He also served as the youngest and the first Hispanic chairman of the nationwide Council of State Governments in 1999. In 2000, McClintock served as the second president of the hemispheric-wide Parliamentary Conference of the Americas (COPA).
McClintock is the author of Puerto Rico's Telecommunications Reform Law of 1996 as well as over 100 other laws.
McClintock is an adjunct professor of US Government and Government Management at Interamerican University's San Juan campus. He coauthored a book with Puerto Rico's State Democratic Chair, Roberto Prats, about the 2008 Clinton presidential campaign in Puerto Rico, which they co-chaired.
The founder of a congressional internship program that has been replicated by nineteen states and territories, he is a longtime board member of a DC-based nonprofit, The Washington Center for Academic Internships and Scholarships. In his spare time, McClintock is an avid coin collector and an active member of the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico.
Born in London, England in 1957, his father, a native of Texas, was an architect, while his mother, born in Puerto Rico, was a college professor. McClintock is the proud father of a Georgetown University sophomore and aspiring actor, Kevin Davison, and a high school senior, Stephanie Marie.
I am happy to honor Kenneth McClintock, during Hispanic Heritage Month, for his contributions to the Puerto Rican community.
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