Barbara Kennelly

All right. But before I do that, I do want to tell you that the 6 p.m. event, the memorial that many of us have worked hard on, will take place at 6 in Statuary Hall, and we have invited the families of the Members who have passed this…

Thank you, Connie. In addition to these substantive and issue-specific international projects, our association also offers its members the opportunity to participate in group travel where our staff puts together the logistics and…

The meeting is adjourned. The meeting adjourned at 9:19 a.m. ____________________

And we are really very honored to be able to welcome the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Boehner.

We will be visited by some Members of Congress, and as they come in, I will recognize them. Right now I recognize the chair, the Honorable Connie Morella.

The Chair terminates the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 9:32 a.m. ____________________

The Chair recognizes the distinguished Speaker of the House, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner).

Thank you, Leader. And now I would like to present the Honorable Connie Morella, president of the Former Members Association.

The Chair, again, wishes to thank the former Members and the Members of the House and Senate who stepped in to see us. The Chair announces that 19 former Members of Congress responded to the call of the roll. Before terminating these…

Thank you, Jack, and Madam President, may I just for a moment interrupt. We have one of the finest leaders we have ever had in this body, Congressman Bob Michel. Would you just give us a wave.

I would like to introduce for a moment the gentleman from Maryland, Steny Hoyer, one of our leaders in the Congress. We are very, very proud of Congressman Hoyer because he has taken an interest in the former Members, and he has taken the…

The Chair would like to mention that the first time I played in the golf tournament I said, Where are the good golfers? And they said, What do you think? As a Congressperson, you have to work down here, and on weekends you have to work at…

The Chair wishes to recognize that our president is here, Dennis Hertel, and one of the finest Members that we have had for years, Bill Hughes is also here. We are delighted to have both of you. Of course, Dennis has given us yeoman's…

The Chair now calls on the Honorable Connie Morella, president of the association, and a wonderful president, to take the chair.

The reason I'm sitting here today is we have one solid rock, and that's Social Security.

I thank you very much for looking at Social Security as a basic need; something that people can rely on.

I feel it's a necessity. Medicare is in crisis, there's no doubt about it, just like the whole healthcare system is in crisis.

I am against the open- ended high resolution. Today I will vote for the Democratic alternative because it will allow us an orderly and efficient process for evaluating the Starr Report. I will vote against the Republican proposal because…

I am delighted we have reached this juncture where we are about to pass this bill that sends a message of hope to millions of people on disability that there will be additional help to make that transfer back to the workplace, if possible.

Whereas Robert Dornan has not shown or provided credible evidence that the outcome of the election is other than Congresswoman Sanchez' election to Congress; and whereas I watched Loretta Sanchez become a marvelous, energetic…

I would like to respectfully say to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Archer] that he misunderstood me. I did thank him on the floor the other day for the dependent credit under $60,000. What I was talking about is something else he could do…

I agree we need to remove legal barriers that might prevent children from going to a caring guardian when a parent dies. I therefore support the sense of Congress on urging States to adopt standby guardians and thank the gentlewoman from…

I agree that we should do more to help minority families adopt children. I commend the gentlewoman for the amendment that she was going to put forth and for her willingness to withdraw the amendment. It has been understood today that the…

Last week in this very same exchange, in this forum, Mr. Fazio asked you if you might schedule a vote so that we in the House could proclaim our support of the troops in the Iraq situation. The Senate took such a vote on September 5. I…