Barbara Kennelly: “Thank you, Jack, and Madam President, may I just for a moment interrupt. We have one of the finest leaders we have ever…”

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

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…

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…

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…