Thomas E. Petri: “JoAnn's influence has extended beyond Fond du Lac to larger metropolitan areas and to national and international…”

I thank my colleague from Iowa. I actually want to echo the words of Nick Joe Rahall in commending both of you gentleman--especially Tom--for organizing this Special Order. I think it says something about each of your character and your…

There are a lot of stories we could tell about the Jim Oberstar, and I think it is probably not fully appropriate to do that at this time but just to say that he was a self- made person, he had great intellectual abilities, and he used…

I hope that it will be the basis for setting a global standard which others could benefit from.

I would encourage all Members to support the bill before us, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri) that the House suspend the…