H13822 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 13, 2007 the Texas House. He was elected 24 for the day, and downtown Bonham was ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER times to the U.S. House of Representa- decorated with banners and bunting. PRO TEMPORE tives, representing Texas’s Fourth Dis- b 1845 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- trict, and spent 17 of those years as ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Speaker of the House, a position that Many distinguished political leaders attended the dedication, including will resume on motions to suspend the put him third in line for the United rules previously postponed. States Presidency. At the time of his President Harry S. Truman and his wife, Bess Truman; Secretary of Treas- Votes will be taken in the following death in 1961, Rayburn’s 48 consecutive order: years in the U.S. House set a congres- ury Robert Anderson; Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana; Congressman H.R. 3315, by the yeas and nays; sional record for continuous service. Richard Bolling of Missouri; Governor H.R. 1593, by the yeas and nays; Sam Rayburn was selected to replace H.R. 3403, by the yeas and nays; the deceased William Bankhead as of Arizona, Ernest McFarland; former Governor and current Congressman H.R. 3461, by the yeas and nays. Speaker of the House, a position he The first electronic vote will be con- 1 Earle C. Clements of Kentucky; and the held for a record number 17 ⁄2 years. He ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining also served as minority leader during majority of the congressional delega- tions from Texas and Oklahoma, electronic votes will be conducted as 5- the 80th and 83rd Congresses, the two minute votes. Postponed votes on other periods of Republican majority in the among them Lyndon B. Johnson, Jim Wright, Carl Albert and Tom Steed. motions to suspend the rules will be House of Representatives. Rayburn There were approximately 11 television taken later in the week. served with eight different Presidents and radio stations on hand to report all and helped to pass several pieces of key f the activities. legislation throughout his career: In honor of the 50th anniversary of One was the Selective Service Act in PROVIDING THAT THE GREAT the dedication of the library and in rec- 1941. He cast the deciding vote to pass HALL OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR ognition of the completion of phase one that act; the Civil Rights Act of 1957 CENTER SHALL BE KNOWN AS of the Museum Restoration Program, and 1960; establishment of NASA; the EMANCIPATION HALL the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum National Defense Education Act of hosted an open house and reception on The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- 1958; the Hospital Survey and Construc- Tuesday, October 9. An exhibit fea- finished business is the vote on the mo- tion Act of 1958. turing historic images of the dedica- tion to suspend the rules and pass the The Office of Speaker lacked great tion as well as items pertaining to the bill, H.R. 3315, on which the yeas and formal powers when he first took of- recent renovation project were on dis- nays were ordered. fice, but Rayburn quickly expanded the play. The open house and reception The Clerk read the title of the bill. power and influence of the office. Ray- honored Speaker Rayburn and recog- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The burn relied heavily on his personal nized the many supporters and contrib- question is on the motion offered by prestige, persuasive skills, and per- utors who helped fund the recent ren- the gentlewoman from the District of sonal friendships built up over decades ovation project. Columbia (Ms. NORTON) that the House in the House. His leadership style usu- The renovation included a new look, suspend the rules and pass the bill, ally resulted in congenial relations be- an improved drainage system for the H.R. 3315. tween not only the northern and south- building, a more efficient heating and The vote was taken by electronic de- ern wings of the Democratic Party but cooling system, upgraded accessibility vice, and there were—yeas 398, nays 6, also between Rayburn and the Repub- to the museum, and a thorough clean- not voting 28, as follows: lican leadership of the House. ing and resealing of the building exte- [Roll No. 1082] Rayburn’s actions during his long ten- rior. These improvements will not only YEAS—398 ure as Speaker increased the power of preserve the historic structure but also the House of Representatives in its re- Ackerman Brown-Waite, Davis, Lincoln provide added protection for the valu- Aderholt Ginny Deal (GA) lations with the Senate and with the able collections and artifacts housed in Akin Buchanan DeFazio executive branch. the Sam Rayburn Library and Mu- Alexander Burgess DeGette Following his election as Speaker, Allen Burton (IN) Delahunt seum. Rayburn wanted to build a library to Altmire Butterfield DeLauro I am pleased to offer this resolution Andrews Buyer Dent house his books, his personal papers, today honoring the Sam Rayburn Li- Arcuri Calvert Diaz-Balart, L. Baca Camp (MI) Diaz-Balart, M. and memoirs. He also wanted the facil- brary and Museum, and I urge my col- ity to be a reservoir center of political Bachmann Cannon Dicks leagues’ support in recognition of this Bachus Cantor Dingell history available to the people of great facility that chronicles an impor- Baird Capito Doggett Fannin County in his congressional Baker Capps Donnelly tant era in the history of our Nation. Baldwin Capuano Drake district. With the advice of Secretary I am also proud to represent Mr. of the Treasury John Snyder, Rayburn Barrett (SC) Cardoza Dreier Rayburn’s Fourth District of Texas. Barrow Carnahan Duncan requested that Judge H.A. My mother attended Mayo College at Bartlett (MD) Carney Edwards Cunningham, a good friend of Commerce, Texas, with Mr. Rayburn. Barton (TX) Carter Ehlers Rayburn’s and a great man from Bean Castle Ellison He was a great friend, my friend, and Becerra Castor Ellsworth Bonham, Texas, arrange to have a my family’s friend. He truly was one of Berkley Chabot Emanuel charitable trust established for the a kind. And this resolution will go into Berman Chandler Engel Berry Clarke English (PA) purposes of receiving and managing the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, adding funds donated to assist in building the Biggert Clay Eshoo more light to this man’s great history. Bilbray Cleaver Etheridge library. The Speaker also contacted Mr. KUHL of New York. Mr. Speaker, Bilirakis Clyburn Everett Buster Cole, a young lawyer from I yield back the balance of my time. Bishop (NY) Coble Fallin Bonham, to assist in the process of set- Blackburn Cohen Farr Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- Blumenauer Cole (OK) Fattah ting up the trust. An earlier $10,000 er, I yield back the balance of my time. Blunt Conaway Feeney award from Collier’s magazine served The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Boehner Conyers Ferguson as a financial base for the foundation. question is on the motion offered by Bonner Cooper Filner Sam Rayburn, representatives of the Bono Costa Flake the gentleman from New York (Mr. Boozman Costello Forbes Sam Rayburn Foundation, and hun- BISHOP) that the House suspend the Boren Courtney Fortenberry dreds of admirers gathered to break rules and agree to the resolution, H. Boswell Cramer Fossella ground for the library in December Res. 709. Boucher Crenshaw Foxx Boustany Crowley Frank (MA) 1955. The library construction was com- The question was taken; and (two- Boyd (FL) Cuellar Franks (AZ) pleted in July 1957, and the Sam Ray- thirds being in the affirmative) the Boyda (KS) Culberson Frelinghuysen burn Library officially opened to the rules were suspended and the resolu- Brady (PA) Cummings Gallegly public October 9, 1957, in a ceremony Brady (TX) Davis (CA) Garrett (NJ) tion was agreed to. Braley (IA) Davis (IL) Gerlach that garnered national attention and A motion to reconsider was laid on Brown (SC) Davis (KY) Giffords media coverage. Businesses were closed the table. Brown, Corrine Davis, David Gilchrest

VerDate Aug 31 2005 08:15 Nov 14, 2007 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00298 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K13NO7.130 H13NOPT1 cnoel on PRODPC60 with HOUSE_CN November 13, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H13823 Gillibrand Lynch Rothman Emerson Moran (VA) Taylor Jackson-Lee Miller (NC) Schwartz Gingrey Mack Roybal-Allard Higgins Oberstar Waters (TX) Miller, George Scott (GA) Gohmert Mahoney (FL) Royce Hinchey Paul Wexler Jindal Mitchell Scott (VA) Gonzalez Maloney (NY) Ruppersberger Jefferson Pryce (OH) Wolf Johnson (GA) Mollohan Sensenbrenner Goode Manzullo Rush Johnson (IL) Saxton Woolsey Johnson, E. B. Moore (KS) Serrano Goodlatte Markey Ryan (OH) LaHood Smith (WA) Jones (NC) Moore (WI) Sessions Gordon Marshall Ryan (WI) McKeon Solis Jones (OH) Moran (KS) Sestak Granger Matheson Salazar Jordan Murphy (CT) Shays Graves Matsui Sali b 1909 Kagen Murphy, Patrick Shea-Porter Green, Al McCarthy (CA) ´ Kanjorski Murphy, Tim Sanchez, Linda So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Sherman Green, Gene McCarthy (NY) T. Kaptur Murtha Shimkus Grijalva McCaul (TX) Sanchez, Loretta tive) the rules were suspended and the Keller Musgrave Shuler Gutierrez McCollum (MN) Sarbanes bill was passed. Kennedy Myrick Shuster Hall (NY) McCotter Schakowsky The result of the vote was announced Kildee Nadler Simpson Hall (TX) McCrery Schiff Kilpatrick Napolitano Sires Hare McDermott Schmidt as above recorded. Kind Neal (MA) Skelton Harman McGovern Schwartz A motion to reconsider was laid on King (NY) Nunes Slaughter Hastert McHenry Scott (GA) the table. Kirk Obey Smith (NE) Hastings (FL) McHugh Scott (VA) Klein (FL) Olver Smith (NJ) Hastings (WA) McIntyre Sensenbrenner f Knollenberg Ortiz Smith (TX) Hayes McMorris Serrano Kucinich Pallone Snyder Heller Rodgers Sessions SECOND CHANCE ACT OF 2007 Kuhl (NY) Pascrell Solis Hensarling McNerney Sestak Lampson Pastor Souder Herger McNulty The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Langevin Payne Shadegg Space Herseth Sandlin Meek (FL) Lantos Pearce Shays CUELLAR). The unfinished business is Spratt Hill Meeks (NY) Larsen (WA) Pence Shea-Porter the vote on the motion to suspend the Stark Hinojosa Melancon Larson (CT) Perlmutter Sherman Stearns Hirono Michaud rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1593, as Latham Peterson (MN) Shimkus Stupak Hobson Miller (FL) amended, on which the yeas and nays LaTourette Peterson (PA) Shuler Sutton Hodes Miller (MI) Lee Petri Shuster were ordered. Tancredo Hoekstra Miller (NC) Levin Pickering Simpson Tanner Holden Miller, Gary The Clerk read the title of the bill. Lewis (GA) Pitts Sires Tauscher Holt Miller, George The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Lipinski Platts Skelton Terry Honda Mitchell LoBiondo Pomeroy Slaughter question is on the motion offered by Hooley Mollohan Loebsack Porter Thompson (CA) Smith (NE) the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Hoyer Moore (KS) Lofgren, Zoe Price (NC) Thompson (MS) Smith (NJ) Hulshof Moore (WI) CONYERS) that the House suspend the Lowey Radanovich Tiberi Smith (TX) Hunter Moran (KS) rules and pass the bill, H.R. 1593, as Lucas Rahall Tierney Snyder Inglis (SC) Murphy (CT) Lungren, Daniel Ramstad Towns Souder amended. Inslee Murphy, Patrick E. Rangel Tsongas Space Israel Murphy, Tim This will be a 5-minute vote. Lynch Rehberg Turner Spratt Issa Murtha The vote was taken by electronic de- Mack Reichert Udall (CO) Stark Jackson (IL) Musgrave vice, and there were—yeas 347, nays 62, Mahoney (FL) Renzi Udall (NM) Stearns Upton Jackson-Lee Myrick not voting 23, as follows: Maloney (NY) Reyes (TX) Nadler Stupak Markey Reynolds Van Hollen Jindal Napolitano Sullivan [Roll No. 1083] Marshall Richardson Vela´ zquez Sutton Johnson (GA) Neal (MA) YEAS—347 Matheson Rodriguez Visclosky Johnson, E. B. Neugebauer Tancredo Matsui Rogers (AL) Walberg Johnson, Sam Nunes Tanner Ackerman Cannon English (PA) McCarthy (CA) Rogers (KY) Walden (OR) Jones (NC) Obey Tauscher Aderholt Cantor Eshoo McCarthy (NY) Rogers (MI) Walsh (NY) Jones (OH) Olver Terry Alexander Capito Etheridge McCaul (TX) Ros-Lehtinen Walz (MN) Jordan Ortiz Thompson (CA) Allen Capps Everett McCollum (MN) Roskam Wasserman Kagen Pallone Thompson (MS) Altmire Capuano Fallin McCotter Ross Schultz Kanjorski Pascrell Thornberry Andrews Cardoza Farr McCrery Rothman Watson Kaptur Pastor Tiahrt Arcuri Carnahan Fattah McDermott Roybal-Allard Watt Keller Payne Tiberi Baca Carney Feeney McGovern Ruppersberger Waxman Kennedy Pearce Tierney Bachmann Castle Ferguson McHugh Rush Weiner Kildee Pence Towns Bachus Castor Filner McIntyre Ryan (OH) Welch (VT) Kilpatrick Perlmutter Tsongas Baird Chabot Forbes McMorris Salazar Weldon (FL) Kind Peterson (MN) Turner Baker Chandler Fortenberry Rodgers Sali Whitfield King (NY) Peterson (PA) Udall (CO) Baldwin Clarke Frank (MA) McNerney Sa´ nchez, Linda Wilson (NM) Kingston Petri Udall (NM) Barrow Clay Frelinghuysen McNulty T. Wilson (OH) Kirk Pickering Upton Bartlett (MD) Cleaver Gerlach Meek (FL) Sarbanes Woolsey Klein (FL) Pitts Van Hollen Barton (TX) Clyburn Giffords Meeks (NY) Schakowsky Wu Kline (MN) Platts Vela´ zquez Bean Coble Gilchrest Melancon Schiff Wynn Knollenberg Poe Visclosky Becerra Cohen Gillibrand Michaud Schmidt Yarmuth Kucinich Pomeroy Walberg Berkley Cole (OK) Gonzalez Kuhl (NY) Porter Walden (OR) Berman Conyers Gordon NAYS—62 Berry Cooper Granger Lamborn Price (GA) Walsh (NY) Akin Goodlatte Miller, Gary Walz (MN) Biggert Costa Graves Lampson Price (NC) Barrett (SC) Hall (TX) Neugebauer Langevin Putnam Wamp Bilbray Costello Green, Al Blackburn Hastert Poe Lantos Radanovich Wasserman Bilirakis Courtney Green, Gene Bishop (NY) Cramer Grijalva Boehner Hastings (WA) Price (GA) Larsen (WA) Rahall Schultz Broun (GA) Hensarling Larson (CT) Ramstad Watson Bishop (UT) Crenshaw Gutierrez Putnam Blumenauer Crowley Hall (NY) Carter Hunter Regula Latham Rangel Watt Conaway Johnson, Sam LaTourette Regula Waxman Blunt Cuellar Hare Rohrabacher Bonner Cummings Harman Culberson King (IA) Royce Lee Rehberg Weiner Davis, David Kingston Bono Davis (CA) Hastings (FL) Ryan (WI) Levin Reichert Welch (VT) Deal (GA) Kline (MN) Boozman Davis (IL) Hayes Shadegg Lewis (CA) Renzi Weldon (FL) Duncan Lamborn Lewis (GA) Reyes Weller Boren Davis (KY) Heller Sullivan Boswell Davis, Lincoln Herger Ehlers Lewis (CA) Lewis (KY) Reynolds Whitfield Flake Lewis (KY) Thornberry Linder Richardson Wicker Boucher DeFazio Herseth Sandlin Tiahrt Boustany DeGette Higgins Fossella Linder Lipinski Rodriguez Wilson (NM) Foxx Manzullo Wamp LoBiondo Rogers (AL) Wilson (OH) Boyd (FL) Delahunt Hill Weller Boyda (KS) DeLauro Hinojosa Franks (AZ) Marchant Loebsack Rogers (KY) Wilson (SC) Westmoreland Brady (PA) Dent Hirono Gallegly McHenry Lofgren, Zoe Rogers (MI) Wu Wicker Brady (TX) Diaz-Balart, L. Hobson Garrett (NJ) McKeon Lowey Rohrabacher Wynn Gingrey Mica Wilson (SC) Lucas Ros-Lehtinen Yarmuth Braley (IA) Diaz-Balart, M. Hodes Brown (SC) Dicks Hoekstra Gohmert Miller (FL) Young (AK) Lungren, Daniel Roskam Young (AK) Goode Miller (MI) Young (FL) E. Ross Young (FL) Brown, Corrine Dingell Holden Brown-Waite, Doggett Holt NOT VOTING—23 NAYS—6 Ginny Donnelly Honda Buchanan Drake Hooley Abercrombie Hinchey Sanchez, Loretta Broun (GA) King (IA) Mica Burgess Dreier Hoyer Bishop (GA) Jefferson Saxton Campbell (CA) Marchant Westmoreland Burton (IN) Edwards Hulshof Carson Johnson (IL) Smith (WA) Butterfield Ellison Inglis (SC) Cubin LaHood NOT VOTING—28 Taylor Buyer Ellsworth Inslee Davis (AL) Moran (VA) Waters Abercrombie Carson Davis, Tom Calvert Emanuel Israel Davis, Tom Oberstar Wexler Bishop (GA) Cubin Doolittle Camp (MI) Emerson Issa Doolittle Paul Wolf Bishop (UT) Davis (AL) Doyle Campbell (CA) Engel Jackson (IL) Doyle Pryce (OH)

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