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Speaker and my
And, like many of you here present, I hold as the highlight of all, the occasion of my first meeting with the honorable Speaker of the House.
It is a matter of deep personal satisfaction for me to add my voice to the great and distinguished chorus of my colleagues in this paean of praise, respect, and affection for Speaker Sam Rayburn.
I pay my personal tribute to Sam Rayburn, stalwart Texan and great American, not only because today he establishes a record of having served as Speaker of the House of Representatives more than twice as long as Henry Clay, but because of the contributions he has made to the welfare of the people of the Nation during his almost half century of service as a Member of Congress.
No greater pleasure has come to me in my own service in this House than to be present today to participate in this tribute to this great Speaker, this great legislator, this great Texan, this great American.
On September 16, Sam Rayburn will have served as Speaker twice as long as any predecessor and I am proud to join with others in marking this date, and in expressing my esteem for that notable American, Sam Rayburn.
President Bush acknowledged this by beginning his speech with the words, " Tonight, I have a high privilege and distinct honor of my own — as the first President to begin the State of the Union message with these words: Madam Speaker ".
He famously wrote to William Lenthall, the Speaker of the House of Commons " The dimensions of this mercy are above my thoughts.
President Bush acknowledged this by beginning his speech with the words, " Tonight, I have a high privilege and distinct honor of my own – as the first President to begin the State of the Union message with these words: Madam Speaker ".
" I ,..., affirm that in my office as Speaker I will to the best of my ability defend the rights of the people, Parliament and the government of Finland according to the Constitution.
In a statement in the Congressional Record, he said, " Mr. Speaker, I rise to voice my strong opposition to H. J.
On June 24, 2008, U. S. Representative Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, California ( who had been elected Speaker of the House in January 2007 ) told reporters that her fellow Democratic Representatives did not want to forbid reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine, adding " the interest in my caucus is the reverse.
::" Mr. Speaker: If the will of the people is to prevail, if justice is to be done, there can be no question of my expulsion from the house.
I am convinced, Mr. Speaker, that there are well over 2, 000 township trustees in my congressional district who with one arm tied behind their backs, could blindfolded do a better job of directing this city than the city council of D. C.
:" I, ..., affirm that in my office as Speaker I will to the best of my ability defend the rights of the people, Parliament and the government of Finland according to the Constitution.
Criticism was aimed at Feherty for this suggestive comment about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid: From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this, though: despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U. S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death.

Speaker and latest
" Mr. Speaker, our Conservative government condemns the latest anti-Semitic outburst at York University.
His latest projects are the production of his own IFC Canada show, The Rawside Of ... and INXS singer J. D. Fortune's solo album, The Death of a Motivational Speaker.

Speaker and constituents
After becoming Speaker of the House in January 2007, Pelosi held firm against impeachment, notwithstanding strong support for that course of action among constituents in her home district.

Speaker and I
So, I say, Mr. Speaker, God bless you and keep you for many years not only for this body but for the United States of America and the free world.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members who desire to do so may extend their remarks at this point in the record ; ;
I did so because I agree with so many here today, that he is the beloved Speaker of all the people of the United States.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great newspaper, the New York Times, on the occasion of a major change in its top executive command.
I should like at this time, Mr. Speaker, to pay warm tribute to Arthur Hays Sulzberger and Charles Merz on the occasion of their retirement from distinguished careers in American journalism.
As the Speaker was about to rise to put the question, Cromwell whispered to Harrison, " Now is the time ; I must do it.
" Mr. Speaker, among all the people of the universe, I know none who have shown so much zeal for the liberty of their country, as the English, at this time, have done.
* Majuro Atoll – Wilfred I. Kendall ( UDP ), David Kramer ( IND ), Brenson S. Wase ( UDP ), Vice Speaker Alik J. Alik ( UDP ), ' H. E.
:( 2 ) Speaker Y: " I am not ready yet.
The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which states in part, " The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker ..." The current speaker is John Boehner, a Republican who represents Ohio's 8th congressional district.
I can now authoritatively inform the House that Brutopia is a fictional country which appears in several Donald Duck stories ... Labor drawing inspiration for its economic analysis from a Donald Duck magazine, Mr Speaker!
I was Speaker Coordinator but had tremendous help from Lindsay staffer Judith Crichton.
THX's I / S Plus Systems include an AV Receiver + Speaker Bundle and are certified to fill a small home theater or dorm room where the viewing distance from the screen is.
Consultant, Steve Jaffe,I love Dick Gregory ; he is one of the funniest people on the planet .” They spoke of how Gregory had made a comment on Dr. King ’ s birthday that broke everyone into laughter, when he noted that the President made Speaker Newt Gingrich ride “ in the back of the plane ,” on an Air Force One trip overseas.
" commanded the Speaker to leave the Chair, and told them they had sat long enough, unless they had done more good, crying out You are no longer a Parliament, I say you are no Parliament.
" In criticizing Newt Gingrich for secretly having an affair with a staffer while Gingrich, as House Speaker, was simultaneously impeaching President Bill Clinton for lying under oath about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, DeLay said, " I don ’ t think that Newt could set a high moral standard, a high moral tone, during that moment .... You can ’ t do that if you ’ re keeping secrets about your own adulterous affairs.

Speaker and urged
In 2003, the ADL urged the Speaker of the United States ' House of Representatives to approve a resolution condemning bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans and American Muslims.

Speaker and imposition
A Money Bill means a Public Bill which in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following subjects, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration, or regulation of taxation ; the imposition for the payment of debt or other financial purposes of charges on the Consolidated Fund, the National Loans Fund or on money provided by Parliament, or the variation or repeal of any such charges ; supply ; the appropriation, receipt, custody, issue or audit of accounts of public money ; the raising or guarantee of any loan or the repayment thereof ; or subordinate matters incidental to those subjects or any of them.

Speaker and naval
During a thirty-six day filibuster on the question of the government's naval bill, Sproule lost his patience after weeks of 24 hour sessions, and became the first Speaker ever to " name " a member of the House for disorderly conduct.

Speaker and only
) But Speaker Sam Rayburn, after huddling in Palm Beach with President-elect Kennedy, decided that this year something had to be done about the Rules Committee -- and that he was the only man who could do anything effective.
Polk remains the only president who served as Speaker of the House.
He also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 – 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6. 7 % of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party has ever had in Finnish Presidential elections.
However, due to relativistic space travel Ender himself ( who now goes by his real name Andrew Wiggin or by his title " Speaker for the Dead ") is only about 35 years old.
The Hive Queen has also managed to make contact with the pequeninos philotically, and has told them a number of things — including the fact that " Andrew Wiggin " is not only the original Speaker for the Dead, but the original Xenocide as well, which romantically involved Zenadors ( a shortened form of the word xenologists ) Miro and Ouanda do not believe.
This is contrasted with the Speaker of the House, who has always been chosen from the Members of the House of Representatives, and as a member of the House is entitled to participate in debate vote on all measures, not just when ties occur, although customarily the speaker votes only rarely, and often to make or break a tie.
Of the twenty-three relief portraits only Moses is sculpted from a full front view and is located across from the dais where the Speaker of the House ceremonially sits.
To date, James K. Polk is the only Speaker of the House to be later elected President of the United States.
As a member of the House, the Speaker is entitled to participate in debate and to vote but, by custom, only does so in exceptional circumstances.
Ordinarily, the Speaker votes only when their vote would be decisive, and on matters of great importance ( such as constitutional amendments ).
After only one term, Hollings ' colleagues elected him Speaker Pro Tempore in 1951 and 1953.
As six former Secretaries of State had gone on to be elected President in their own right and as only one Congressional leader, Speaker of the House James K. Polk, had done so to that time, the change was widely accepted.
The Act is also controversial because it provides that if a cabinet officer becomes Acting President, he serves only until a new Speaker of the House or a new President Pro Tempore of the Senate is chosen, who would then replace him as Acting President.
It is designed to be less formal, with a quorum of only three members: the Deputy Speaker of the House, one government member, and one non-government member.
In addition, Yastrzemski only trails Ty Cobb in hits collected with a single team, and trails only Cobb and Tris Speaker in hits collected playing in the American League, both of whom played before World War II.
* C. C. Aycock, the only three-term Lieutenant governor in modern Louisiana history ; former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Jenkins was the only Republican Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives in the Twentieth century from 1969-71.
Coke held the position only briefly ; by the time Coke returned from a tour of Norfolk to discuss election strategy, he had been confirmed as Speaker of the House of Commons by the Privy Council, having been proposed by Francis Knollys and Thomas Heneage following his return to Parliament as MP for Norfolk.
** In office onlySpeaker of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Commons, Ministers of the Crown ( however Canadian ministers invariably enter the Privy Council upon their initial appointment, thus assuming the honorific for life ), judges of provincial courts, premiers of provinces and territories, territorial commissioners, and provincial and territorial cabinet ministers
Continued use of a title depends on the office: Offices of which there is only one at a time ( e. g., President, Speaker, Governor, or Mayor ) are only officially used by the current office holder.

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