9964 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 154, Pt. 7 May 20, 2008

SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE sissippi’s newest Senator, ROGER WICK- , the whole number of the TRAVIS CHILDERS, OF MIS- ER. House is 435. SISSIPPI, AS A MEMBER OF THE On behalf of the people of Mississippi, f HOUSE on behalf of this Congress, we welcome Mr. TAYLOR. Madam Speaker, I ask Mississippi’s newest Representative, ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER unanimous consent that the gentleman TRAVIS CHILDERS. The SPEAKER. Without objection, 5- from Mississippi, the Honorable TRAVIS b 1315 minute voting will continue. CHILDERS, be permitted to take the There was no objection. Mr. CHILDERS. Madam Speaker, my oath of office today. fellow colleagues, thank you for your f His certificate of election has not ar- warm welcome today. It has seemed rived, but there is no contest and no GAS PRICE RELIEF FOR like a long time in 63 days. question has been raised with regard to CONSUMERS ACT OF 2008 I want to especially thank Congress- his election. man TAYLOR, Congressman THOMPSON The SPEAKER. The unfinished busi- The SPEAKER. Is there objection to for your great help in my campaign. ness is the vote on the motion to sus- the request of the gentleman from Mis- Congressman PICKERING, I’m sad that pend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. sissippi? you’re leaving us. You all have been so, 6074, on which the yeas and nays were There was no objection. ordered. The SPEAKER. Will the Representa- so very kind to me. First I want to thank God today that The Clerk read the title of the bill. tive-elect and the members of the Mis- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. sissippi delegation present themselves I’m standing here. I thank my commu- nity in and the peo- SERRANO). The question is on the mo- in the well. tion offered by the gentleman from Mr. CHILDERS appeared at the bar ple of the First Congressional District Virginia (Mr. SCOTT) that the House of the House and took the oath of of- of Mississippi who are some of the fin- suspend the rules and pass the bill, fice, as follows: est people in the world. I am humbled H.R. 6074. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that by the trust that they’ve placed in me. This will be a 5-minute vote. you will support and defend the Con- I am grateful for their support, and I The vote was taken by electronic de- stitution of the against am forever committed to working for vice, and there were—yeas 324, nays 84, all enemies, foreign and domestic; that the people of North Mississippi every not voting 26, as follows: you will bear true faith and allegiance single day. to the same; that you take this obliga- I thank my wife of 27 years for stand- [Roll No. 332] tion freely, without any mental res- ing beside me and again, being a great YEAS—324 ervation or purpose of evasion; and part of the reason that we are standing Abercrombie Childers Graves that you will well and faithfully dis- in this wonderful place today. And then Ackerman Clarke Green, Al our two fine children, Dustin and Aderholt Clay Green, Gene charge the duties of the office on which Alexander Cleaver Grijalva you are about to enter, so help you Lauren, for standing by me and their Allen Clyburn Hall (NY) God. mother. Altmire Cohen Hare The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You I want to thank my mother, who’s in Arcuri Conyers Harman the gallery today, who always believed Baca Cooper Hastings (FL) are now a Member of the 110th Con- Bachmann Costa Hayes gress. in me. Bachus Costello Heller I want to thank every person who Baird Courtney Herger f had a part of my life, and there have Baldwin Cramer Herseth Sandlin WELCOMING THE HONORABLE Barrow Crowley Higgins been so many and I wish I could intro- Bean Cuellar Hill TRAVIS CHILDERS TO THE duce you to them, but that’s not pos- Becerra Cummings Hinchey HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sible. Berkley Davis (AL) Hinojosa I wish my wonderful grandparents Berman Davis (CA) Hirono The SPEAKER. Without objection, Berry Davis, David Hobson the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. and my father and my sister could be Biggert Davis, Lincoln Hodes TAYLOR) is recognized for 1 minute. here. Bilbray DeFazio Holden There was no objection. I want to let everyone here know Bilirakis DeGette Holt Bishop (GA) DeLauro Honda Mr. TAYLOR. Madam Speaker, as that I’m ready to roll up my sleeves Bishop (NY) Dent Hooley dean of the Mississippi congressional and get to work. The campaign is one Blackburn Dicks Hoyer delegation, I am very, very happy to thing, but I’m ready to work, Congress- Bono Mack Doggett Hunter introduce to the House today the men. Boozman Donnelly Inslee Boren Doyle Jackson (IL) House’s newest Member, TRAVIS As a local official, I worked hard and Boswell Drake Jackson-Lee CHILDERS. I worked with both parties. I focused Boucher Dreier (TX) TRAVIS went to work when he was 16 on balancing budgets and creating jobs. Boyd (FL) Duncan Jefferson Boyda (KS) Edwards Johnson (IL) years old following the death of his fa- This will still be my approach, and Brady (PA) Ehlers Johnson, E. B. ther. He worked in a local convenience these will be my priorities in Congress. Braley (IA) Ellison Jones (NC) store to help put himself through I pledge to work as hard as I can to Brown (SC) Ellsworth Jones (OH) school and take care of his family. He mend our failing economy and help Brown, Corrine Emanuel Jordan Brown-Waite, Emerson Kagen attended Northeast Mississippi Junior bring down the skyrocketing cost of Ginny Engel Kanjorski College and graduated from the Univer- gas, groceries and health care. Buchanan English (PA) Kaptur sity of Mississippi. He is a successful I look forward to meeting and work- Burton (IN) Eshoo Keller Butterfield Etheridge Kildee realtor, and has served as the Chancery ing with every single one of you. I look Buyer Farr Kilpatrick Clerk of Prentiss County for 16 years. forward to standing up for the values of Camp (MI) Fattah Kind He is married to the former Tami Gib- the people who I have the honor of Campbell (CA) Filner King (NY) son, and the couple has two children, serving. And I pledge to work every Cantor Forbes Kirk Capito Fortenberry Klein (FL) Dustin, a first-year law student at Mis- day for the people of the First District Capps Fossella Knollenberg sissippi College, and Lauren, a fresh- of the great State of Mississippi. Capuano Foster Kucinich Cardoza Frank (MA) Kuhl (NY) man at Ole Miss. TRAVIS has been f elected four times in the span of 63 Carnahan Gallegly LaHood ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Carney Gerlach Langevin days. Carson Giffords Larsen (WA) He follows in the footsteps of the The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of Castle Gohmert Larson (CT) longest serving Member of Congress, rule XX, the Chair announces to the Castor Gonzalez Latham Cazayoux Goode LaTourette Mr. , who used to sit House that, in light of the administra- Chabot Goodlatte Latta right there, and, most recently, Mis- tion of the oath to the gentleman from Chandler Gordon Lee

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