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the members of the Senate Appropriations Committee. In a time of continual wrangling over the appropriations process, tight budgets, veto 

threats, and differences between the 

House and Senate, Chuck has been a 

steady leader and a working dynamo. 

We have been extremely fortunate to 

have the right man as staff director in 

very difficult times. 

Chuck also serves as the chief clerk 

of the Homeland Security Subcommittee which funds the agencies 

that merged to form this cabinet level 

department. In the aftermath of September 11, Chuck provided key advice 

and direction about the wisest ways to 

protect against future terrorist attacks 

and address the staggering destruction 

in New York State and at the Pentagon. He has worn the two hats of 

staff director of the full Appropriations 

Committee and clerk of the Homeland 

Security Subcommittee, which I continue to chair, with grace and with 

ease. 

This really should come as no surprise. Despite his youth and unassuming demeanor, Chuck has served five 

Presidents, beginning with President 

Carter. 

Before he joined my Appropriations 

staff, Chuck worked at the Office of 

Management and Budget during the 

Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, 

and George W. Bush administrations. 

In 1978 Chuck began his government 

service as a Presidential management 

intern at the Department of Health, 

Education, and Welfare. From 1978–1985 

he served as a budget analyst for the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. From 1985–1990 Mr. Kieffer 

was special assistant to the Director of 

the Office of Management and Budget. 

From 1990–1995, he served as chief appropriations analyst for the Office of 

Management and Budget, and from 

1995–2001 he was acting associate director of legislative affairs at the OMB 

until he joined my staff as deputy staff 

director of the Appropriations Committee in 2001. In 2001, Chuck Kieffer 

won the Robert G. Damas Public Service Award. 

As I step aside as chairman of the 

Appropriations Committee in the coming days, I am thankful that Chuck has 

agreed to stay by my side as the chief 

clerk of the subcommittee on Homeland Security. We can all sleep a little 

more soundly knowing that such a talented person as Chuck Kieffer is helping to adequately and effectively fund 

the Department charged with keeping 

Americans safe from harm here at 

home. 

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50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SENATOR 

BYRD’S SWEARING IN 

Mr. DODD. Mr. President, today we 

begin the 111th Congress. As it is every 

two years, this is a moment for new beginnings, but also an opportunity to 

bid farewell to some dear friends of 

ours as they move on to the next chapters in their remarkable lives. 

While it is always a joy to see this 

moment—to see the pride visible in not 

only the Members’ faces, but their families’ as well—this year’s is especially 

poignant for me. 

Each of the men and women who 

have taken this oath during my time in 

this institution has made an impression on me—influencing my life, my 

work—in one way or another. 

But 50 years ago this week, two Members were sworn in—one who is here 

today and another who remains here in 

spirit—each of whom had a singularly 

important impact on me: 

My father, Thomas Dodd, who represented my State of Connecticut, and 

our esteemed colleague and friend from 

West Virginia, ROBERT C. BYRD. 

I was only a boy then, but I remember that moment as if it were yesterday, seated with my family in the gallery above, as we looked down on my 

father, as he began what would turn 

out to be the final chapter in a public 

life—a life that had already taken him 

from Norwich, CT, to Washington, DC, 

as an FBI agent and lawyer at the Department of Justice; to Germany where 

he served as a prosecutor at the famous 

Nuremberg Trials, before returning to 

our Nation’s Capital to serve in the 

U.S. House of Representatives. 

Fifty years later, I take no small 

amount of pride in noting that in each 

of these endeavors, my father proved to 

be ahead of his time—an advocate for 

universal health care, a proponent of 

sensible gun safety laws, an early voice 

warning of the effects of violence on 

TV and the dangers of drug addiction; 

and an insistent defender of those 

whose human rights were being denied. 

Indeed, it would not take long before 

a fellow freshman made his own mark, 

becoming not only this body’s President pro tempore and the longest-serving Member in its history, but the undisputed master of this body’s arcane 

parliamentary procedures, an awardwinning author and historian and the 

foremost champion of sunlight in government. 

Today, as the whole world watches 

these historic moments, we should note 

that it was ROBERT BYRD who staved 

off the threat that the Senate might 

become ‘‘the invisible branch of government’’ by ensuring that our proceedings be televised. 

Some two-and-half decades ago, when 

I was sworn in myself, it was my colleague from West Virginia who handed 

me a small book—a pocket-sized Constitution. For all I know, he did this 

for every freshman Senator. 

His message was simple: as a Member 

of the Senate, you are a temporary custodian of this document. 

And so, I kept that book. For 28 

years, I have carried it with me in my 

back pocket—Saturday, Sunday, every 

day of the week to remind myself how 

important this document is, the values 

and the principles that are incorporated in it. 

Senator BYRD has put it better than 

anyone: ‘‘The limits that the Constitution places on how political power is 

exercised have ensured our freedom for 

more than two centuries.’’ 

Each of these men taught me, in different ways, that we cannot defend and 

protect the vision of the Framers if we 

are ignorant of the Constitution’s history and the rule of law. 

And so today, as we look forward to 

the 111th Congress and all that we hope 

to achieve, may we also remember this 

gift that was given to all of us in the 

86th Congress all those years ago. May 

it continue to shine for many, many 

more. 

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IDAHOANS SPEAK OUT ON HIGH 

ENERGY PRICES 

Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, in midJune, I asked Idahoans to share with 

me how high energy prices are affecting their lives, and they responded by 

the hundreds. The stories, numbering 

well over 1,200, are heartbreaking and 

touching. While energy prices have 

dropped in recent weeks, the concerns 

expressed remain very relevant, particularly in light of our economic 

times. To respect the efforts of those 

who took the opportunity to share 

their thoughts, I am submitting every 

e-mail sent to me through an address 

set up specifically for this purpose to 

the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. This is not 

an issue that will be easily resolved, 

but it is one that deserves immediate 

and serious attention, and Idahoans deserve to be heard. Their stories not 

only detail their struggles to meet everyday expenses, but also have suggestions and recommendations as to what 

Congress can do now to tackle this 

problem and find solutions that last beyond today. I ask unanimous consent 

to have today’s letters printed in the 

RECORD. 

There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 

My wife and I are retired with fixed retirement incomes and our IRAs and annuities. 

We live about six miles from Moscow. We are 

now limiting our trips to town and will reduce/eliminate the travel we had planned 

this summer. We use our Ford 500 that gets 

about 29MPG instead of our pickup as much 

as possible. Our home is heated with wood 

pellets, but we wonder if wood pellets will be 

available next fall because of the failing timber industry. 

We have little hope that gas prices will decrease. Both of the Presidential candidates 

have bought into the global warming hoax 

and do not want to develop our oil resources. 

We expected it of the Democrat candidate 

but are very disappointed in John McCain’s 

position. It is difficult to believe that he 

thinks the liberal environmental industry 

will vote for him because he claims to be an 

‘‘environmentalist’’. 

We feel that [the candidates] should visit 

ANWR and see that it is not like the Grand 

Canyon. It is a frozen desert where the oil resource could be developed with little impact. 

We encourage you to help change positions 

on oil development. [Our country] will miss 

a golden opportunity if they do not use the 

‘‘drill here, drill now, pay less’’ position. 

Thank you for asking for our opinion. 

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I was thrilled to hear that there was a 

venue for public input to the increasing energy prices. I drive a VW Jetta, which gets 

great gas mileage, and I have a decent job, 

but the price of gasoline has caused me to reconsider many things that weren’t really 

hard decisions before. I have begun buying 

generic items and do not visit my favorite 

coffee hut as often because it is not ‘on my 

way’ to work, therefore requiring more gas, 

and for the price of my favorite latte, I could 

buy a gallon of gas. I am beginning to classify everything as whether it is a need or a 

want, and dramatically cutting out the 

want. The problem is that many of the needs 

are becoming expensive. My son’s day care 

has now increased their prices to cover their 

increased fuel costs. Food has become expensive, prompting my husband and me to start 

a garden. I have often wondered how others 

manage when they work minimum wage 

jobs, and have a family to support. To some 

extent, I am glad that prices have escalated, 

because it makes us address this issue and 

become more environmentally responsible. It 

also forces us to become more self-reliant, 

both as individuals and as a nation. 

I would love to see public transportation 

become more available, however I am not 

sure how feasible or cost efficient that would 

be given how spread out we are. Even here in 

Idaho Falls, I am not sure how well that 

would work. I work for the INL, so of course 

I am going to suggest further research into 

nuclear energy and the possibilities there. It 

is always frustrating to hear that Congress 

will not pass a budget, forcing labs to function under continuing resolutions that prevent new research from starting. This is research that could change the way that we, as 

a nation, look at energy, and reduce our dependence on oil. Hybrid vehicles present an 

interesting potential, but the purchase price 

is not an incentive to buy one. Is there a way 

to provide incentives to automakers that 

produce these vehicles? This could allow 

them to produce and sell these vehicles at a 

lower cost, and then make them more attractive to the consumer. These are just a 

few suggestions. 

Thank you for the work that you and the 

committee are investing in this issue. 

BRANDY, Idaho Falls. 

I am a resident of Bingham County and 

would like to share my story on how the 

high energy prices are affecting me and my 

family. I am an INL employee and have to 

travel to and from work, a total time of 

about one and a half hours every day. If I 

have to drive to work it will cost $80 a week; 

if I ride the INL bus, it is $22.50 a week. Still 

a portion of my paycheck goes to travel. I 

pay approx. $1,150 a month in utility and energy bills. I make on average $2,500 a month. 

The rest goes to mortgage groceries and supplies for the family, i.e. diapers, wipes, baby 

food etc. . . . We all have houses and yards 

to upkeep, to keep sprinklers working, grass 

trimmed and weed free, and that costs 

money. I have had to scale back my plans 

with my family dramatically to upkeep my 

assets. There will be no vacations this year, 

no more trips to the local drive-in for ice 

cream after a hot day, and certainly no running through the sprinkler to conserve on 

the water bill. My wife (who is from Fiji) has 

not been able to see her family for six years 

now. We were planning a family trip this 

year to see them. Well, not anymore; a six 

thousand dollar trip for a family of four is 

unheard of. Guess we will have to see what 

next year brings. My property taxes rose 

from $1,400 to $1,850 this year. Did not we 

pass a bill last year generating a fund to 

lower this sort of thing? I certainly did not 

benefit from that. 

The city council in Blackfoot is working 

on getting a windmill turbine farm set up in 

the Wolverine canyon, east of Blackfoot. I 

am in favor of that if we were to actually 

benefit from it. From what I gather the 

power that generates from these turbines 

will be sent to California. If we have to wake 

up every day to look at these turbines, then 

we at least need to benefit from them! I have 

worked out at the INL Site for about four 

years now; I work around the only test reactor in the world. Every day, when I walk 

around it, I wonder, why cannot we have a 

reactor to generate power for all of southeast Idaho? Let us bypass Idaho and Utah 

Power and anyone else that sends power to 

us and generate our own. We will not be 

damming up rivers causing problems for the 

salmon habitat or building turbines that 

could hurt the bird migration. Or causing 

some other environmental issue with the 

way wildlife runs its course. Let us build a 

generation reactor in the desert at the INL 

that will provide power to all of southeast 

Idaho. This could probably be the cleanest 

source of energy we have ever used. Let us 

open up Alaska to drill for oil, become more 

dependent on ourselves instead of foreign oil. 

JOSHUA. 

Thank you for the opportunity to direct 

comments to you on a specific topic of great 

concern. 

My wife and I are nearing retirement (currently 58 years old), and our home is paid for. 

However, our home was built in the 1970s 

under a program promoted by Utah Power & 

Light, which encouraged constructing total 

electric homes using ceiling cable heat. 

UP&L even gave monthly energy ‘‘discounts’’ for being total electric. Later . . . 

much later . . . those discounts were deemed 

to not promote energy efficiency and were 

taken away. Even though Idaho electric 

rates remain relatively low, our home of 

2,100 sq ft costs over $300 a month to heat in 

the winter. We are concerned that increasing 

energy rates will force us out of our home 

when we are no longer working fulltime. No 

incentives are provided for conversion and 

with ceiling cable there is no duct-work to 

convert a furnace to . . . so natural gas or 

propane is not economically feasible. 

Solution—Construct a nuclear power plant 

on the desert of the INL. Find a willing commercial owner, provide some US government 

incentives to build a new version to use as a 

model nationwide, offer an incentive to Idahoans on the grid to get a discount & sell the 

rest of the power to Utah, Nevada & California. Speed the process of approval & construction. Sell bonds to help build it but do 

something. 

I know it is an overly simplistic suggestions but we need to do something about energy in this country or our economy will 

grind to a near standstill. 

TED. 

Like everyone else in America, higher energy costs affect me more every day as the 

price of everything I purchase climbs. I am 

very frugal and have been barely make ends 

meet as it is. It makes me physically sick 

with worry when I think about the future. 

What is going to happen when I cannot afford to pay my bills? Who do I stop paying 

first? Do I stop paying my rent? My utilities? What about all the medical bills I owe? 

(I have no medical insurance . . . but that is 

another letter for another day.) Will I lose 

my home? Will I get sued by my creditors 

and then get my wages garnished? What 

about the $100 I pay every month to the Social Security Administration for an overpayment of my disability benefits? What will 

happen to me when I cannot afford to pay 

that? I cannot be optimistic anymore and 

think somehow someone will save the day. 

No one has offered up any realistic solutions 

that I have heard. Getting a tax break for 

the summer will not do a whole lot of good 

when [other prices remain high due to] the 

price of oil in the preceding 12 months. Making the oil companies pay more taxes will 

not solve the problem. 

It just makes my blood boil to listen to 

[politicians] sugar-coat our problems. This 

country is in crisis. The powers that be have 

chosen to put their heads in the sand over 

the environment and now it is too late to 

find a ‘‘green’’ solution to the immediate energy needs of our country. We need to drill 

for oil . . . now. It is sickening that after all 

that has happened in our past with regard to 

our dependence on foreign oil that we find 

ourselves here. President Bush thinks he’s 

going to win the war on terror by sending 

our troops to die in the Middle East? The 

terrorists will defeat us by using our dependence on them. While everyone looks for a 

bomb and we lose our civil liberties one by 

one, they will steal our way of life. 

When I got my stimulus rebate check, I 

spent it all and went to a family reunion. It 

occurred to me as I was coming home that it 

is very likely that I will not be able to go 

next year, or any year in the foreseeable future. It will simply cost too much. The only 

reason I could afford it this year is because 

of that rebate check. I cannot imagine that 

I will have the ability to save enough money 

to go next year because it will cost too much 

to put a roof over my head and food on my 

table. 

So, Mr. Crapo, my story is simple. The 

state of the nation makes me afraid and 

angry. 

KATHY. 

My wife and I own and my wife operates a 

child day-care in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Since 

the price of fuel has spun out of control and 

with no resolution in the near future we are 

actively attempting to sell or will shut the 

doors on the business in the next two month. 

The price of fuel is driving everything else 

up so high that we need to raise our prices to 

make up for the increases and we are in 

many cases simply pricing ourselves out of 

our customers ability to pay. Many of our 

customers [have to choose] between day care 

or paying for fuel, grocery, natural gas, etc. 

In many cases, one of the parents quit their 

job to stay home with the kids and simply 

tighten up their belts and live with the minimums. If I did not have a good job working 

for a subcontractor to the DOE and had 

enough income to take care of the day to day 

and not depend on the business, I would be in 

bankruptcy court. 

The fuel cost drives not only our vehicles; 

it drives every aspect of our day to day lives. 

I am worried that if a radical solution is not 

set into motion that we will be looking at a 

depression in this country. My grandparents 

went through the first one, and I hope that 

my family will not have to see similar times. 

Allowing a small population of the world to 

control the vast majority by controlling 

them with out-of-control energy prices is not 

right. I have a problem with so few becoming 

so wealthy while so many suffer. We have 

vast oil resources in the lower 48, and we all 

know the resources that are in Alaska. The 

Alaskan pipeline did not destroy the landscape or cause the caribou to go extinct like 

some of the environmentalists would like us 

to believe. Maybe we should allow our government that is funded by our tax dollars to 

step in and get involved with the refining of 

oil in our country and quit depending on 

someone who actually do not like us very 

much for our energy. We need to use what we 

have and we need to not allow the activist 

groups to tie our hands when we want to use 

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me wonder who is funding these groups to 

keep our hand tied. The short term fix is to 

use the oil that we are setting on while we 

work on the research and development required to assist or solve the long term problem. 

DAVID. 

Senator, I could sit here and gripe about 

the high energy costs. However, I regard the 

problem as a collective problem, not something one sector or another of the economy 

has done. We are all aware of how the costs 

are spiraling out of control, and there are 

things we can all do to mitigate the pinch in 

our wallet. Every one of us is guilty to varying degrees. Consider the following: 

First, each of us needs to be a lot more 

concerned with conserving. We can all make 

one trip instead of three to the store. We can 

carpool. We can reduce some of our recreational activities to use less fuel getting 

there and while there. Turn off the lights. 

Use the energy efficient light bulbs. Use 

mass transit. The list goes on and on. 

Second, Congress has got to work out a 

balanced approach to energy availability. 

Hydro power is still the most efficient, but 

has been hogtied by the environmentalists 

who not only do not want new power production, and even want to remove power production that is in place. Nuclear power has been 

similarly placed into the nether land of total 

environmental disfavor. The record of these 

two sources is not perfect, but they are not 

guilty of producing greenhouse gasses and 

making the Arabs richer and richer either. 

They have a place in our infrastructure, and 

Congress needs to make it happen before we 

give away all our wealth to Islamic radicals 

and Communists. Begin a plan to reduce and 

eliminate foreign import of oil, then make it 

stick. 

Third, Congress needs to greatly improve 

incentives for domestic production of oil. 

Use the oil shale resources we have all over 

the country. Allow drilling in areas where 

the likelihood of new fields is good, with a 

great deal of care nevertheless. Use clean 

coal production methods for power. 

Fourth, Congress should tax the windfall 

profits of the oil companies. Use that money 

for refunds to vehicle owners and taxpayers. 

There is no excuse on God’s green earth for 

an oil company to make more profits in a fiscal quarter than the GNP of 80% of the 

world’s nations in a year. 

O.K. I have run out of time, but not ideas. 

I just wanted you to know we are all in this 

together, and either we solve it together, or 

the mess will get worse and worse. All of you 

in Congress need to quit quibbling and do 

something. 

LON. 

I appreciate the opportunity of letting you 

know of how the high costs of fuel/energy are 

impacting me. 

I feel lucky—I have a good job and make 

above average pay. However, I am at a point 

in my life when I need to be able to save for 

retirement. My wife and I have raised our 

children and have recently been able to start 

saving for retirement. With the current 

prices of fuel, we are not able to save as 

needed to ensure that we will have the required funds to retire. 

I have discussed the high price of fuel with 

several contract workers. They are not planning any type of vacation travel and, in most 

cases, are fearful of the future. Most are not 

even sure that they will be able to take care 

of their necessities if prices continue to skyrocket. 

There is a business here in Idaho Falls that 

purchases plasma. I watched a news report 

detailing how busy they currently are. Many 

who are selling their plasma are doing it just 

to make ends meet. The place is so busy that 

they are turning people away. 

I worry about my own children. The future 

is bleak. Never in my life have we had such 

a dim outlook—not in America. 

It is time for drilling (in an environmentally safe way). It is time for nuclear 

power to come out of the closet. We need to 

quit letting the environmentalists run this 

great country. I am an avid outdoors man. I 

love Idaho. I live here for the beauty and activities related to the outdoors. I have faith 

that we can fix the problems and move forward. I do not believe that we have to ruin 

the outdoors to make things right. 

Thanks for your help 

DAVID. 

When BEA was granted contract of Idaho 

National Laboratory, [the lab director] held 

a meeting and asked what they could do to 

improve the INL. My reply was to better inform the public about nuclear energy and the 

benefits. During these trying times we are 

facing, and the extremes of the future, we 

must have extreme plans to counteract. The 

only solution is to minimize our use of natural resources. How do we do this? Every 

structure, school, home, office, storehouse, 

etc. shall be converted to electricity derived 

from nuclear power generating facilities. All 

of the natural resources shall be reserved for 

transportation and emergency needs. No 

longer can the government not be in direct 

competition with private affairs. When it is 

for the better of the people then it is the 

right thing to do. Nuclear energy is the only 

solution. We need to inform the public and 

gain support for a cleaner more efficient future. I am excited to be involved with any 

help I can provide with this matter. 

ROY. 

I am a hospice nurse and my patients rely 

on me to make home visits so they can have 

the care they need and deserve at the end of 

their lives. Without this service, many dying 

patients would have uncontrolled syptoms 

and unable to get to the doctor. Driving distances are great for me as I [care for] people 

in outlying areas, sometimes averaging 50– 

100 miles a day to see everyone. This cost in 

fuel is very hard to manage and at times 

nearly forces me to feel like returning to the 

hospital rather than providing this much 

needed service due to cost prohibitiveness of 

my work from fuel cost. 

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CHERYL, Boise. 

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS 

TRIBUTE TO BISHOP JOHN 

MCRAITH 

∑ Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, it is 

with great admiration and respect that 

I take this time to recognize one of 

Kentucky’s most distinguished citizens, Roman Catholic Bishop John 

McRaith, who retired as the third 

Bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro. 

Bishop McRaith’s service over the 

last 26 years in the Diocese of 

Owensboro—which consists of 32 counties with 79 parishes, 3 high schools, 2 

middle schools and 13 elementary 

schools—has made him a legacy in the 

community. 

In addition to being a large diocese, 

Owensboro Diocese is one of the more 

diverse dioceses—home to a large number of Hispanic Catholic immigrants, 

along with a priesthood that recruits 

men from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The work done by Bishop McRaith 

and the priests at Owensboro Diocese 

has increased church attendance to levels that are considered among the highest in the Nation. 

Bishop McRaith has left his community a better place because of the authenticity and kindness of his services 

and faith. While I am sad to see him retire, I am comforted knowing that 

those who learned from him will continue the good work that he displayed 

each day. On behalf of all of those who 

are part of the Owensboro Diocese, I 

thank Bishop John McRaith for the 

grace and strength he brought to western Kentucky.

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∑ 

TRIBUTE TO HARRIET CORNELL 

∑ Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I am 

proud to congratulate the Honorable 

Harriet Cornell on her historic selection as chair of the Rockland County 

Legislature for a fifth consecutive 

year. Harriet is the first chair of the 

legislature to hold the office for 5 consecutive years. 

Harriet Cornell has been a member of 

the Rockland County Legislature since 

1984. In her first year of office, Mrs. 

Cornell founded the Legislature’s Commission on Women’s Issues and invited 

community leaders to participate in 

the formulation of public policy. She is 

also the chair of the Eleanor Roosevelt 

Legacy Committee. 

Her long record of accomplishments 

led the Journal News naming her as 

one of 25 people who made the greatest 

impact on Rockland County during the 

20th century. As chairwoman, Mrs. 

Cornell’s priorities have included protection of our environment, enhanced 

educational resources, improved health 

services for women and children, homeland security, Rockland’s transportation infrastructure, and smart land 

use planning. Under her leadership, she 

has brought together elected officials 

from every level of government in 

Summit meetings to collaborate on 

these issues. 

I commend Mrs. Cornell for her many 

years of devoted public service to the 

citizens of Rockland County.

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∑ 

MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE 

At 6:09 p.m., a message from the 

House of Representatives, delivered by 

Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House agreed to the 

following resolutions: 

H. Res. 1. Resolution that Lorraine C. Miller of the State of Texas, be, and is hereby, 

chosen Clerk of the House of Representatives; That Wilson S. Livingood of the Commonwealth of Virginia, be, and is hereby, 

chosen Sergeant at Arms of the House of 

Representatives; That Daniel P. Beard of the 

State of Maryland be, and is hereby, chosen 

Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 

Representatives; and That Father Daniel P. 

Coughlin of the State of Illinois, be, and is 

hereby, chosen Chaplain of the House of Representatives. 

H. Res. 2. Resolution notifying the Senate 

that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled; that NANCY PELOSI, a 


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