LEGISLATIVE DAY OF DECEMBER 10, 2009
111TH CONGRESS - FIRST SESSION
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On motion to adjourn
Agreed to by voice vote.
The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for
9:00 a.m. on December 11, 2009.
Mr. Kucinich moved that the House do now adjourn.
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SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all
anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to
Special Order speeches.
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one
minute speeches.
Mr. Lungren, Daniel E. of CA requested the following
general leaves to address the House on December 17: Mr.
Poe of TX for 5 min, Mr. Jones for 5 min, Mr. Burton of
IN for 5 min, and Mr. Paul for 5 min.
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Mr. Lungren, Daniel E. of CA requested the following
general leaves to address the House on December 16: Mr.
Burton of IN for 5 min and Mr. Paul for 5 min.
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Mr. Lungren, Daniel E. of CA requested the following
general leaves to address the House on December 15: Mr.
Burton of IN for 5 min and Mr. Paul for 5 min.
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Mr. Lungren, Daniel E. of CA requested that Mr. Burton
of IN be allowed to address the House for 5 minutes on
December 14.
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UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
- the Minority Leader reappointed Mr. Peter T. R. Brookes of
Virginia and Mr. Daniel M. Slane of Ohio.
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to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect
consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of
insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter
derivatives markets, and for other purposes
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Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union
rises leaving
H.R. 4173
as unfinished business.
On motion that the Committee now rise
Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Frank (MA) moved that the Committee now rise.
On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendments
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate
on the Frank(MA) En Bloc amendment.
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Amendments offered by Mr. Frank (MA).
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An amendment comprised of amendments numbered 11, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 34, and 25 printed in House Report
111-370 offered En Bloc.
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On agreeing to the Stupak amendment
Failed by recorded vote: 150 - 279
(Roll no. 959).
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On agreeing to the Stupak amendment
Failed by recorded vote: 98 - 330
(Roll no. 958).
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On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment
Failed by recorded vote: 150 - 280
(Roll no. 957).
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On agreeing to the Murphy (NY) amendment
Agreed to by recorded vote: 304 - 124
(Roll no. 956).
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On agreeing to the Lynch amendment
Agreed to by recorded vote: 228 - 202
(Roll no. 955).
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On agreeing to the Sessions amendment
Failed by recorded vote: 172 - 257
(Roll no. 954).
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On agreeing to the Frank (MA) amendment as modified
Agreed to by recorded vote: 240 - 182
(Roll no. 953).
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the
unfinished business was the question of adoption of
amendments which had been debated earlier and on which
further proceedings had been postponed.
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The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business.
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UNANIMOUS CONSENT - Mr. Frank (MA) asked unanimous consent
that, during further consideration of
H.R. 4173
pursuant to
H. Res. 964,
the amendments numbered 1 and 36 may be
considered as modified by the respective forms presented at
the desk. Without objection, the amendments were modified.
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to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect
consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of
insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter
derivatives markets, and for other purposes
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Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union
rises leaving
H.R. 4173
as unfinished business.
On motion that the Committee now rise
Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Frank (MA) moved that the Committee now rise.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
McCarthy (CA), the Chair put the question on adoption of the
amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had
prevailed. Mr. Garrett (NJ) demanded a recorded vote and the
Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of
adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the McCarthy(CA) amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. McCarthy (CA).
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An amendment numbered 14 printed in House Report 111-370
to strike section 6012 (relating to Effect of Rule 436(G)).
The amendment would strike increased liability language
that would be a barrier to entry, inhibiting increased
competition in the rating agency market.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Kanjorski amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption
of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the ayes had
prevailed. Mr. Garrett (NJ) demanded a recorded vote and the
Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of
adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Kanjorski amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Kanjorski.
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An amendment numbered 12 printed in House Report 111-370
to strike the provisions exempting public companies with
less than $75 million in market capitalization from the
requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act related to the
external audit of internal controls.
On agreeing to the Matsui amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Matsui amendment.
Amendment offered by Ms. Matsui.
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An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 111-370
to require any mortgage servicer or lender participating
in the Making Home Affordable Program, to report to the
Department of Treasury on a monthly basis. The Department
shall make such a report available on their website within
two weeks of receiving such information for public viewing.
The report to Treasury shall include, but not limited
to the following, with respect to the Making Home Affordable
Plan: A) the number of loan modification requests received;
B) number of loan modification requests being processed;
C) the number of loan modification requests that have
been approved; D) the number of loan modification requests
that have been denied. The amendment gives the Secretary
of Treasury authority to publicly release any other relevant
data the Secretary deems necessary.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Stupak amendment No. 2, the Chair put the question on
adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the
ayes had prevailed. Mr. Frank (MA) demanded a recorded vote
and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question
of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Stupak amendment no. 2.
Amendment offered by Mr. Stupak.
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An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 111-370
to allow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and
the Securities and Exchange Commission the authority to
ban abusive swaps, amends any proposed commercial risk
definition to disregard balance sheet risk, and maintains
any illegal swap entered into after enactment of this
Act will not be valid.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Stupak amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on
adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the
noes had prevailed. Mr. Stupak demanded a recorded vote and
the Chair po stponed further proceedings on the question of
adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Stupak amendment no. 1.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Stupak.
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An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 111-370
to require transparency in swaps contracts by requiring
all non-cleared swaps be executed on a registered swap
execution facility.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Frank amendment No. 2, the Chair put the question on
adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the
ayes had prevailed. Mr. Garrett (NJ) demanded a recorded
vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the
question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be
announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Frank(MA) amendment no. 2.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Frank (MA).
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An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 111-370
to create authority for the prudential regulators, the
CFTC and the SEC, to set margin in swap and security-based
swap transactions involving end users.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Murphy (NY) amendment, the Chair put the question on
adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the
noes had prevailed. Mr. Murphy (NY) demanded a recorded vote
and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question
of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Murphy(NY) amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Murphy (NY).
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An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 111-370
to replace the current definition of Major Swap Participant
with the definition that was reported out of the House
Agriculture Committee.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Lynch amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of
the amendment and by voice vote, announced the ayes had
prevailed. Mr. Lynch demanded a recorded vote and the Chair
postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of
the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Lynch amendment.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Lynch.
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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 111-370
to provide rules toward the equitable governance of clearing
houses and swap exchange facilities.
On agreeing to the Peterson amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Peterson amendment no. 2.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Peterson.
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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-370
to provide that the CFTC would define the terms "Commerical
Risk", "operating risk", and "balance sheet risk" for
purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act
On agreeing to the Peterson amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate
on the Peterson amendment no. 1.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Peterson.
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An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-370
to make sundry changes to the bill.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Sessions amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption
of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had
prevailed. Mr. Sessions demanded a recorded vote and the
Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of
adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Sessions amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Sessions.
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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-370
to strike provisions which create a new private right
of action against credit rating agencies; the amendment
contains enforcement of credit rating agencies to the
SEC.
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POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Frank amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on
adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced the
ayes had prevailed. Mr. Bachus demanded a recorded vote and
the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of
adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 964, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate
on the Frank (MA) amendment no. 1.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Frank (MA).
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-370
offered as a manager's amendment to make sundry changes
to the bill.
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The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business.
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expressing support for the designation of a National
Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month to raise awareness of
and promote research into this challenging disorder
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.
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Considered as unfinished business.
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the
unfinished business was on the question of a motion to
suspend the rules and agree to H.Res. 55.
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providing for further consideration of the bill (
H.R. 4173)
to provide for financial regulatory reform, to protect
consumers and investors, to enhance Federal understanding of
insurance issues, to regulate the over-the-counter
derivatives markets, and for other purposes
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 238 - 186
(Roll no. 952).
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The previous question was ordered without objection.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on
H. Res. 964.
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Considered as privileged matter.
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waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported
from the Committee on Rules
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 239 - 183
(Roll no. 951).
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The previous question was ordered without objection.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on
H. Res. 962.
Considered as privileged matter.
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to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 43 Maple Avenue in Shrewsbury,
Massachusetts, as the "Ann Marie Blute Post Office"
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill
Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 419 - 0
(Roll no. 950).
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Considered as unfinished business.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the
unfinished business was the question of adoption a motion to
suspend the rules which had been debate earlier and on which
further proceedings had been postponed.
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making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation,
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other
purposes
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On agreeing to the conference report
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 202, 1 Present
(Roll no. 949).
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The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the
conference report to accompany
H.R. 3288.
Mr. Olver brought up conference report H. Rept. 111-366
for consideration under the provisions of
H. Res. 961.
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Mr. Arcuri filed a report from the Committee on Rules on
H. Res. 964.
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expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
Congress should provide increased Federal funding for
continued type 1 diabetes research
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.
Considered as unfinished business.
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the
unfinished business was the question of adoption a motion to
suspend the rules which had been debate earlier and on which
further proceedings had been postponed.
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providing for consideration of the conference report to
accompany the bill (
H.R. 3288)
making appropriations for
the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 200
(Roll no. 948).
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On ordering the previous question
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 227 - 187
(Roll no. 947).
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on
H. Res. 961.
Considered as privileged matter.
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On question of consideration of the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.
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POINT OF ORDER - Mr. Flake raised a point of order against
the provisions of H.Res. 961 on the grounds that it violated
the Congressional Budget Act. The Chair announced that the
disposition of the point of order would be resolved by the
question of consideration of H.Res. 961. The House proceeded
with 20 minutes of debate on the point of order at the end
of which the Chair will put the question on consideration.
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By direction of the Committee on Rules, Mr. McGovern called
up H.Res. 961 and asked for its immediate consideration.
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with one minute
speeches which by direction of the Chair, would be limited
to 10 per side of the aisle.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Chair designated Ms. Kilroy
to lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance
to the Flag.
The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant
to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.
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Today's prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev.
Daniel Coughlin.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Earl Blumenauer to
act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
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