Barbara Kennelly: “The Chair now calls on the Honorable Connie Morella, president of the association, and a wonderful president, to take…”

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

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

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

As I accept this award--and we are not going to read the names of the memorial that we are going to have this afternoon--I think we all ought to just stand for a moment and just say a small prayer for what happened in Orlando. Thank you.