H10678 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 2, 2008 

AUTHORIZING THE USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL ON DECEMBER 2, 

2008, FOR CEREMONIES AND ACTIVITIES HELD IN CONNECTION 

WITH THE OPENING OF THE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER TO THE 

PUBLIC 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. 

Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 

discharge the Committee on House Administration from further consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 

435 and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. 

The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania? 

There was no objection. 

The text of the concurrent resolution 

is as follows: 

H. CON. RES. 435 

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the 

Senate concurring), That Emancipation Hall 

may be used on December 2, 2008, for ceremonies and activities held in connection 

with the opening of the Capitol Visitor Center to the public. Physical preparations for 

such ceremonies and activities shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions 

as the Architect of the Capitol may prescribe. 

The concurrent resolution was agreed 

to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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HONORING AND RECOGNIZING 

ALICE MARY ROBERTSON WHO, 

WHILE A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 

BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO 

PRESIDE OVER THE FLOOR OF 

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. 

Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 

discharge the Committee on House Administration from further consideration of House Resolution 1272 and ask 

for its immediate consideration in the 

House. 

The Clerk read the title of the resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania? 

There was no objection. 

The text of the resolution is as follows: 

H. RES. 1272 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson was born on 

January 2, 1854, in the Tullahassee Mission, 

Creek Nation, Indian Territory, now known 

as Tullahassee, Oklahoma; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson was an 

American educator, social worker, government official, and politician; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson was the 2nd 

woman to serve in Congress and the 1st from 

the State of Oklahoma; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson was a clerk 

in the Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1873 to 

1879, later returning to Indian Territory and 

teaching in Tullahassee and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson established 

the Nuyaka Mission, taught in Okmulgee, 

Oklahoma, and was in charge of a Presbyterian boarding school for Native American girls, now the University of Tulsa; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as 

the 1st government supervisor of Creek Indian schools from 1900 to 1905, and later the 

postmaster of Muskogee, Oklahoma, from 

1905 to 1913; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson’s canteen 

service to the troops during World War I 

later led to the formation of the Muskogee 

Chapter of the American Red Cross; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson was elected 

by the 2nd District of Oklahoma as a Republican Representative to the 67th Congress, 

from 1921 to 1923, serving on the Committee 

on Indian Affairs, the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, and the 

Committee on Woman Suffrage; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson helped secure the building of a veteran’s hospital in 

Muskogee, following the creation of the Veterans Bureau in 1921; 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson became the 

1st woman to preside over the House of Representatives on July 20, 1921, when she presided over a roll call vote on S.J. Res. 34; and 

Whereas Alice Mary Robertson was a devoted teacher for the Creek Nation and 

helped the community through her translation of portions of the Scriptures and 

texts: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes Alice Mary Robertson for 

her spirit of service and dedication to her 

country, and honors her as a great American 

in recognition of her contributions to the 

State of Oklahoma and nationwide in the 

House of Representatives. 

The resolution was agreed to. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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CORRECTING ENROLLMENT OF 

H.R. 6063, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION ACT 

OF 2008 

Mr. LAMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I ask 

unanimous consent to take from the 

Speaker’s table the Senate concurrent 

resolution (S. Con. Res. 105) directing 

the Clerk of the House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of H.R. 

6063, and ask for its immediate consideration. 

The Clerk read the title of the Senate 

concurrent resolution. 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 

objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas? 

There was no objection. 

The text of the Senate concurrent 

resolution is as follows: 

S.CON RES. 105 

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 6063, an Act to authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, and for other purposes, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the following corrections: 

In section 601(b)(2)(A)(iii) of the bill, strike 

‘‘Orbiter’’. 

In section 611(d)(1) of the bill, strike ‘‘first 

President’’ and insert ‘‘President’’. 

In section 611(e)(3) of the bill, strike ‘‘correctly’’ and insert ‘‘currently’’. 

In section 611(e)(7) of the bill, strike 

‘‘extention’’ and insert ‘‘extension’’. 

In section 612 of the bill, strike ‘‘operations’’ and insert ‘‘operational’’. 

In section 1119 of the bill, strike ‘‘The Report’’ and insert ‘‘The report’’. 

The Senate concurrent resolution 

was concurred in. 

A motion to reconsider was laid on 

the table. 

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APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS TO 

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 491 of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1098(c)), and the 

order of the House of January 4, 2007, 

the Chair announces the Speaker’s appointment of the following members on 

the part of the House to the Advisory 

Committee on Student Financial Assistance for a term of 3 years: 

Upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader: 

Ms. Helen Benjamin, Vallejo, California 

Upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader: 

Mr. Anthony Guida, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania 

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SPECIAL ORDERS 

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. 

CLARKE). Under the Speaker’s announced policy of January 18, 2007, and 

under a previous order of the House, 

the following Members will be recognized for 5 minutes each. 

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a 

previous order of the House, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. WOOLSEY) 

is recognized for 5 minutes. 

(Ms. WOOLSEY addressed the House. 

Her remarks will appear hereafter in 

the Extensions of Remarks.) 

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BAILING OUT WALL STREET 

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a 

previous order of the House, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) is 

recognized for 5 minutes. 

Madam Speaker, the American public 

needs to know that there has been a 

tremendous amount of discussion 

about Main Street, about credit for 

people to get students loans and car 

loans and home loans and all that, and 

talk about jobs. But those are all 

things I support. I think every Member 

of this body supports that. They recognize we have a deepening recession here 

in the United States. 

But the American public also needs 

to know that we are going to borrow 

$700 billion in their name for the bailout package, and not one penny of it 

goes to any of those issues. It is not 

aimed at the real economy of America. 

It is aimed solely at the froth on Wall 

Street, the speculators on Wall Street, 

the non-productive people on Wall 

Street, the certifiably smart ‘‘masters 

of the universe,’’ like Secretary of the 

Treasury Henry Paulson, who created 

these financial weapons of mass destruction, and now as Secretary of the 

Treasury a week ago last Friday lit the 

fuse by projecting worldwide economic 


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