[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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    JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO HEAR AN ADDRESS BY HIS 
EXCELLENCY, P.V. NARASIMHA RAO, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA

  The SPEAKER of the House presided.
  The Doorkeeper, the Honorable James T. Molloy, announced the 
President pro tempore and Members of the U.S. Senate who entered the 
Hall of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore taking 
the chair at the right of the Speaker, and the Members of the Senate 
the seats reserved for them.
  The SPEAKER. On the part of the House, the Chair appoints as members 
of the committee to escort the Prime Minister of the Republic of India 
into the Chamber:
  The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Gephardt];
  The gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Bonior];
  The gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Hoyer];
  The gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio];
  The gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton];
  The gentleman from Washington [Mr. McDermott];
  The gentleman from New York [Mr. Hochbrueckner];
  The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Michel];
  The gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich];
  The gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey];
  The gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman]; and
  The gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Leach].
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. On the part of the Senate, the Chair 
appoints as members of the committee of escort the following Senators:
  The Senator from Maine [Mr. Mitchell];
  The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Pell];
  The Senator from Maryland [Mr. Sarbanes];
  The Senator from New York [Mr. Moynihan];
  The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry];
  The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Wofford];
  The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Mathews];
  The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Dole];
  The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Simpson];
  The Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran];
  The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Lugar];
  The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Pressler]; and
  The Senator from Montana [Mr. Burns].
  The Doorkeeper announced the ambassadors, ministers, and charges 
d'affaires of foreign governments.
  The ambassadors, ministers, and charges d'affaires of foreign 
governments entered the Hall of the House of Representatives and took 
the seats reserved for them.
  At 11 o'clock and 1 minute a.m., the Doorkeeper announced the Prime 
Minister of the Republic of India.
  The Prime Minister of the Republic of India, escorted by the 
committee of Senators and Representatives, entered the Hall of the 
House of Representatives, and stood at the Clerk's desk.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]
  The SPEAKER. Members of the Congress it is my great privilege and I 
deem it a high honor and a personal pleasure to present to you His 
Excellency P.V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of the Republic of India.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]

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