H2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 6, 2009 

IDAHO 

Minnick Simpson 

ILLINOIS 

Bean 

Biggert 

Costello 

Davis 

Foster 

Halvorson 

Hare 

Jackson 

Kirk 

Lipinski 

Manzullo 

Roskam 

Schakowsky 

Schock 

Shimkus 

INDIANA 

Burton 

Buyer 

Carson 

Donnelly 

Ellsworth 

Hill 

Pence 

Souder 

Visclosky 

IOWA 

Boswell 

Braley 

King 

Latham 

Loebsack 

KANSAS 

Jenkins 

Moore 

Moran 

Tiahrt 

KENTUCKY 

Chandler 

Davis 

Guthrie 

Rogers 

Whitfield 

Yarmuth 

LOUISIANA 

Alexander 

Boustany 

Cao 

Cassidy 

Fleming 

Melancon 

Scalise 

MAINE 

Michaud Pingree 

MARYLAND 

Bartlett 

Cummings 

Edwards 

Hoyer 

Kratovil 

Ruppersberger 

Sarbanes 

Van Hollen 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Capuano 

Delahunt 

Frank 

Lynch 

Markey 

McGovern 

Neal 

Olver 

Tierney 

Tsongas 

MICHIGAN 

Camp 

Conyers 

Dingell 

Ehlers 

Hoekstra 

Kildee 

Kilpatrick 

Levin 

McCotter 

Miller 

Peters 

Schauer 

Stupak 

Upton 

MINNESOTA 

Bachmann 

Ellison 

Kline 

McCollum 

Oberstar 

Paulsen 

Peterson 

Walz 

MISSISSIPPI 

Childers 

Harper 

Taylor 

Thompson 

MISSOURI 

Akin 

Blunt 

Carnahan 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Emerson 

Graves 

Luetkemeyer 

Skelton 

MONTANA 

Rehberg 

NEBRASKA 

Fortenberry Smith Terry 

NEVADA 

Berkley Heller Titus 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

Hodes Shea-Porter 

NEW JERSEY 

Adler 

Andrews 

Frelinghuysen 

Garrett 

Holt 

Lance 

LoBiondo 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Payne 

Rothman 

Sires 

Smith 

NEW MEXICO 

Heinrich Luja ́n Teague 

NEW YORK 

Ackerman 

Arcuri 

Bishop 

Clarke 

Crowley 

Engel 

Gillibrand 

Hall 

Higgins 

Hinchey 

Israel 

King 

Lee 

Lowey 

Maffei 

Maloney 

Massa 

McCarthy 

McHugh 

McMahon 

Meeks 

Nadler 

Rangel 

Serrano 

Slaughter 

Tonko 

Towns 

Vela ́ zquez 

Weiner 

NORTH CAROLINA 

Butterfield 

Coble 

Etheridge 

Foxx 

Jones 

Kissell 

McHenry 

McIntyre 

Miller 

Myrick 

Price 

Shuler 

Watt 

NORTH DAKOTA 

Pomeroy 

OHIO 

Austria 

Boccieri 

Boehner 

Driehaus 

Fudge 

Jordan 

Kaptur 

Kilroy 

Kucinich 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Ryan 

Schmidt 

Space 

Sutton 

Tiberi 

Turner 

Wilson 

OKLAHOMA 

Boren 

Cole 

Fallin 

Lucas 

Sullivan 

OREGON 

Blumenauer 

DeFazio 

Schrader 

Walden 

Wu 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Altmire 

Brady 

Carney 

Dahlkemper 

Dent 

Doyle 

Fattah 

Gerlach 

Holden 

Kanjorski 

Murphy, Patrick 

Murphy, Tim 

Murtha 

Pitts 

Platts 

Schwartz 

Sestak 

Shuster 

Thompson 

RHODE ISLAND 

Kennedy Langevin 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

Barrett 

Brown 

Clyburn 

Inglis 

Spratt 

Wilson 

SOUTH DAKOTA 

Herseth Sandlin 

TENNESSEE 

Blackburn 

Cohen 

Cooper 

Davis 

Duncan 

Gordon 

Roe 

Tanner 

Wamp 

TEXAS 

Barton 

Brady 

Burgess 

Carter 

Conaway 

Cuellar 

Culberson 

Doggett 

Edwards 

Gohmert 

Gonzalez 

Granger 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Hall 

Hensarling 

Hinojosa 

Jackson-Lee 

Johnson, E.B. 

Johnson, Sam 

Marchant 

McCaul 

Neugebauer 

Olson 

Ortiz 

Paul 

Poe 

Reyes 

Rodriguez 

Sessions 

Smith 

Thornberry 

UTAH 

Bishop Chaffetz Matheson 

VERMONT 

Welch 

VIRGINIA 

Boucher 

Cantor 

Connolly 

Forbes 

Goodlatte 

Moran 

Nye 

Perriello 

Scott 

Wittman 

Wolf 

WASHINGTON 

Baird 

Dicks 

Inslee 

Larsen 

McDermott 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Reichert 

Smith 

WEST VIRGINIA 

Capito Mollohan Rahall 

WISCONSIN 

Baldwin 

Kagen 

Kind 

Moore 

Obey 

Petri 

Ryan 

Sensenbrenner 

WYOMING 

Lummis 

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The CLERK. The quorum call discloses that 428 Representatives-elect 

have responded to their name. A 

quorum is present. 

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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CLERK 

The CLERK. Credentials, regular in 

form, have been received showing the 

election of: 

The Honorable PEDRO R. PIERLUISI as 

Resident Commissioner from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for a term of 

4 years beginning January 3, 2009; 

The Honorable ELEANOR HOLMES

NORTON as Delegate from the District 

of Columbia; 

The Honorable MADELEINE Z. 

BORDALLO as Delegate from Guam; 

The Honorable DONNA M. 

CHRISTENSEN as Delegate from the Virgin Islands; 

The Honorable ENI F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA as Delegate from American 

Samoa; and 

The Honorable GREGORIO SABLAN, 

Delegate from the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands. 

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RESIGNATION FROM THE HOUSE 

OF REPRESENTATIVES 

The CLERK. The Clerk is in receipt 

of a letter of resignation from the Honorable Rahm Emanuel from the State 

of Illinois. 

Without objection, the letters relating to his resignation will be printed in 

the RECORD. 

There was no objection. 

DECEMBER 30, 2008. 

Hon. NANCY PELOSI, 

Speaker, House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR SPEAKER PELOSI: I am writing to inform you that I have notified the Governor 

of Illinois of my resignation from the U.S. 

House of Representatives effective January 

2, 2009, at the end of the 110th Congress. I do 

not intend to take the office of Representative for the Fifth Congressional District in 

the 111th Congress. A copy of that letter is 

attached. 

It has been a privilege to serve the constituents of Illinois’ 5th District for the last 

six years and to work with you and our colleagues in Congress. 

Sincerely, 

RAHM EMANUEL, 

Member of Congress. 

JANUARY 2, 2009. 

Hon. ROD BLAGOJEVICH, 

Govenor, State of Illinois, 

Statehouse, Springfield, IL. 

DEAR GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH: I am writing 

to resign my position as United States Representative from the Fifth Congressional 

District of Illinois, effective January 2, 2009. 

It has been a tremendous privilege to serve 

the people of the Fifth District over the past 

six years. I am grateful for the opportunity 

to represent the hopes and dreams of a 

quintessentially American district, from 

hardworking families to new immigrants to 

the senior citizens who built this great country. It has been my particular privilege to 


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represent the district’s many military troops 

and veterans, who put their lives on the line 

to protect the values we cherish. Their sense 

of duty and sacrifice has been an inspiration, 

which I will carry with me to my new duties 

as chief of staff to President-elect Barack 

Obama. 

As sons of immigrants to this country, you 

and I have a deep appreciation for the opportunities America provides to those who are 

willing to work hard and sacrifice for their 

children. As a member of the next Administration in Washington, I will strive to maintain and expand that opportunity for all 

families, because the chance to work hard 

and build a better life is the principle that 

unites all Americans. Over the past few 

years, our government in Washington has 

lost sight of that principle by catering to the 

wealthiest Americans and powerful special 

interests—leaving middle-class Americans to 

struggle with rising health care costs, reduced pensions and a collapsing economy. 

The recent election was a clarion call for a 

change in direction, so we can recapture the 

values that have made our nation a beacon 

of hope and opportunity. 

As I go to work everyday in the incoming 

Obama Administration, I will keep in mind 

the stories of the working families and senior citizens who I met during the past six 

years in grocery stores, schools and churches 

across the Fifth District. I will strive to 

make our government work for them and 

their children, because that is the true measure of our success as a nation. 

With gratitude and best wishes, 

Sincerely, 

RAHM EMANUEL, 

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Member of Congress. 

ELECTION OF SPEAKER 

The CLERK. Pursuant to law and 

precedent, the next order of business is 

the election of the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives for the 111th 

Congress. 

Nominations are now in order. 

The Clerk recognizes the gentleman 

from Connecticut (Mr. LARSON). 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Our democracy renews itself every 2 years as 

Members gather with their family 

members eager to fulfill the aspirations of our great Nation. While America watches with anticipation, they 

know that hope and help are on their 

way. The Democratic Caucus has met 

and unanimously endorsed NANCY

D’ALESANDRO PELOSI for Speaker. 

Two years ago, the Speaker took the 

gavel, historically, on behalf of America’s children. She has taken this Congress and the country in a new direction and provided the foundation for 

change that America yearns for and 

needs. How fitting, on the birthday of 

Sam Rayburn, legendary Speaker of 

the House from Texas, that I, as chairman of the Democratic Caucus, have 

been directed by the unanimous vote of 

the Caucus, to present for election to 

the Office of the Speaker of the House 

of Representatives for the 111th Congress, the name of the Honorable 

NANCY D’ALESANDRO PELOSI, a Representative-elect from the great State 

of California. 

The CLERK. The Clerk now recognizes the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 

PENCE). 

Mr. PENCE. Madam Clerk, as chairman of the Republican Conference, I 

am also directed by unanimous consent 

of that conference to present for election an individual today, but let me 

say also from my heart it is one of the 

great privileges of my life to do so, to 

present for election to the office of 

Speaker of the House for the 111th Congress the name of a man from the 

heartland of America, a man of humble 

beginnings who came to Washington 

during a time of reform and led and is 

prepared, starting this day, to lead this 

Congress back to the aspirations and 

ideals of the American people, the 

name of the Honorable JOHN A. 

BOEHNER, a representative-elect from 

the State of Ohio. 

The CLERK. The names of the Honorable NANCY PELOSI, a Representativeelect from the State of California, and 

the Honorable JOHN A. BOEHNER, a Representative-elect from the State of 

Ohio, have been placed in nomination. 

Are there further nominations? 

There being no further nominations, 

the Clerk appoints the following tellers: 

The gentleman from Pennsylvania 

(Mr. BRADY); 

The gentleman from California (Mr. 

DANIEL E. LUNGREN); 

The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. 

KAPTUR); and 

The gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. 

ROS-LEHTINEN). 

The tellers will come forward and 

take their seats at the desk in front of 

the Speaker’s rostrum. 

The roll will now be called, and those 

responding to their names will indicate 

by surname the nominee of their choosing. 

The Reading Clerk will now call the 

roll. 

The tellers having taken their places, 

the House proceeded to vote for the 

Speaker. 

The following is the result of the 

vote: 

[Roll No. 2] 

PELOSI—255 

Abercrombie 

Ackerman 

Adler (NJ) 

Altmire 

Andrews 

Arcuri 

Baca 

Baird 

Baldwin 

Barrow 

Bean 

Becerra 

Berkley 

Berman 

Berry 

Bishop (GA) 

Bishop (NY) 

Blumenauer 

Boccieri 

Boren 

Boswell 

Boucher 

Boyd 

Brady (PA) 

Braley (IA) 

Bright 

Brown, Corrine 

Butterfield 

Capps 

Capuano 

Cardoza 

Carnahan 

Carney 

Carson (IN) 

Castor (FL) 

Chandler 

Childers 

Clarke 

Clay 

Cleaver 

Clyburn 

Cohen 

Connolly (VA) 

Conyers 

Cooper 

Costa 

Costello 

Courtney 

Crowley 

Cuellar 

Cummings 

Dahlkemper 

Davis (AL) 

Davis (CA) 

Davis (IL) 

Davis (TN) 

DeFazio 

DeGette 

Delahunt 

DeLauro 

Dicks 

Dingell 

Doggett 

Donnelly (IN) 

Doyle 

Driehaus 

Edwards (MD) 

Edwards (TX) 

Ellison 

Ellsworth 

Engel 

Eshoo 

Etheridge 

Farr 

Fattah 

Filner 

Foster 

Frank (MA) 

Fudge 

Giffords 

Gillibrand 

Gonzalez 

Gordon (TN) 

Grayson 

Green, Al 

Green, Gene 

Griffith 

Grijalva 

Hall (NY) 

Halvorson 

Hare 

Harman 

Hastings (FL) 

Heinrich 

Herseth Sandlin 

Higgins 

Hill 

Himes 

Hinchey 

Hinojosa 

Hirono 

Hodes 

Holden 

Holt 

Honda 

Hoyer 

Inslee 

Israel 

Jackson (IL) 

Jackson-Lee 

(TX) 

Johnson (GA) 

Johnson, E. B. 

Kagen 

Kanjorski 

Kaptur 

Kennedy 

Kildee 

Kilpatrick (MI) 

Kilroy 

Kind 

Kirkpatrick (AZ) 

Kissell 

Klein (FL) 

Kosmas 

Kratovil 

Kucinich 

Langevin 

Larsen (WA) 

Larson (CT) 

Lee (CA) 

Levin 

Lewis (GA) 

Lipinski 

Loebsack 

Lofgren, Zoe 

Lowey 

Luja ́n 

Lynch 

Maffei 

Maloney 

Markey (CO) 

Markey (MA) 

Marshall 

Massa 

Matheson 

Matsui 

McCarthy (NY) 

McCollum 

McDermott 

McGovern 

McIntyre 

McMahon 

McNerney 

Meek (FL) 

Meeks (NY) 

Melancon 

Michaud 

Miller (NC) 

Miller, George 

Minnick 

Mitchell 

Mollohan 

Moore (KS) 

Moore (WI) 

Moran (VA) 

Murphy (CT) 

Murphy, Patrick 

Murtha 

Nadler (NY) 

Napolitano 

Neal (MA) 

Nye 

Oberstar 

Obey 

Olver 

Ortiz 

Pallone 

Pascrell 

Pastor (AZ) 

Payne 

Pelosi 

Perlmutter 

Perriello 

Peters 

Peterson 

Pingree (ME) 

Polis (CO) 

Pomeroy 

Price (NC) 

Rahall 

Rangel 

Reyes 

Richardson 

Rodriguez 

Ross 

Rothman (NJ) 

Roybal-Allard 

Ruppersberger 

Rush 

Ryan (OH) 

Salazar 

Sa ́nchez, Linda 

T. 

Sanchez, Loretta 

Sarbanes 

Schakowsky 

Schauer 

Schiff 

Schrader 

Schwartz 

Scott (GA) 

Scott (VA) 

Serrano 

Sestak 

Shea-Porter 

Sherman 

Shuler 

Sires 

Skelton 

Slaughter 

Smith (WA) 

Snyder 

Solis (CA) 

Space 

Speier 

Spratt 

Stark 

Stupak 

Sutton 

Tanner 

Tauscher 

Taylor 

Teague 

Thompson (CA) 

Thompson (MS) 

Tierney 

Titus 

Tonko 

Towns 

Tsongas 

Van Hollen 

Vela ́ zquez 

Visclosky 

Walz 

Wasserman 

Schultz 

Waters 

Watson 

Watt 

Waxman 

Weiner 

Welch 

Wexler 

Wilson (OH) 

Woolsey 

Wu 

Yarmuth 

BOEHNER—174 

Aderholt 

Akin 

Alexander 

Austria 

Bachmann 

Bachus 

Barrett (SC) 

Bartlett 

Barton (TX) 

Biggert 

Bilbray 

Bilirakis 

Bishop (UT) 

Blackburn 

Blunt 

Bonner 

Bono Mack 

Boozman 

Boustany 

Brady (TX) 

Broun (GA) 

Brown (SC) 

Brown-Waite, 

Ginny 

Buchanan 

Burgess 

Burton (IN) 

Buyer 

Calvert 

Camp 

Campbell 

Cantor 

Cao 

Capito 

Carter 

Cassidy 

Castle 

Chaffetz 

Coble 

Coffman (CO) 

Cole 

Conaway 

Crenshaw 

Culberson 

Davis (KY) 

Deal (GA) 

Dent 

Diaz-Balart, L. 

Diaz-Balart, M. 

Dreier 

Duncan 

Ehlers 

Emerson 

Fallin 

Flake 

Fleming 

Forbes 

Fortenberry 

Foxx 

Franks (AZ) 

Frelinghuysen 

Gallegly 

Garrett (NJ) 

Gerlach 

Gingrey (GA) 

Gohmert 

Goodlatte 

Granger 

Graves 

Guthrie 

Hall (TX) 

Harper 

Heller 

Hensarling 

Herger 

Hoekstra 

Hunter 

Inglis 

Issa 

Jenkins 

Johnson (IL) 

Johnson, Sam 

Jones 

Jordan (OH) 

King (IA) 

King (NY) 

Kingston 

Kirk 

Kline (MN) 

Lamborn 

Lance 

Latham 

LaTourette 

Latta 

Lee (NY) 

Lewis (CA) 

Linder 

LoBiondo 

Lucas 

Luetkemeyer 

Lummis 

Lungren, Daniel 

E. 

Mack 

Manzullo 

Marchant 

McCarthy (CA) 

McCaul 

McClintock 

McCotter 

McHenry 

McHugh 

McKeon 

McMorris 

Rodgers 

Mica 

Miller (FL) 

Miller (MI) 

Moran (KS) 

Murphy, Tim 

Myrick 

Neugebauer 

Nunes 


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