John Larson: “Mr. Speaker, I wish to associate myself with the remarks of the distinguished gentleman from Florida. As a sponsor of…”

“Mr. Speaker, I wish to associate myself with the remarks of the distinguished gentleman from Florida. As a sponsor of this resolution, I join our distinguished chairman, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney), and I am happy to help bring this publication to fruition. It has been a pleasure for me to work with the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Ney) on this and other such collaborative matters as they regard the history of our great institution and the history of this Capitol. The gentleman from Ohio will recall that we worked together in developing a history of the House, and his long-standing appreciation of the history of this great institution of ours and history in general go a long way towards keeping those relationships that accrue on our committee and throughout this institution at a level of deep understanding about the process and the procedure that goes on in this glorious building on a regular basis. The gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica) has outlined the importance of Glenn Brown's landmark two-volume History of the United States Capitol. Clearly, history should be updated from time to time, especially with the kind of annotated pictures that we can now provide for people, which yet unfolds the richness of this great institution and this marvelous building.”