[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 144 (Thursday, October 6, 1994)]
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JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO HEAR AN ADDRESS BY MR. NELSON 
           MANDELA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

  The Speaker of the House presided.
  The Doorkeeper, the Honorable James T. Molloy, announced the Vice 
President and Members of the U.S. Senate who entered the Hall of the 
House of Representatives, the Vice President taking the chair at the 
right of the Speaker, and the Members of the Senate the seats reserved 
for them.
  The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints as members of the committee on the 
part of the House to escort Mr. Nelson Mandela 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 Illinois [Mr. Michel]; the gentleman from Georgia 
[Mr. Gingrich]; the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey]; the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Gilman]; the gentleman from New York [Mr. Fish]; the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Dellums]; the gentleman from Michigan 
[Mr. Conyers]; the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Stokes]; the gentlewoman 
from Illinois [Mrs. Collins]; the gentlewoman from Maine [Ms. Snowe]; 
the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Lewis]; the gentleman from Maryland 
[Mr. Mfume]; the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Payne]; the gentleman 
from Connecticut [Mr. Franks]; and the gentleman from Florida [Mr. 
Hastings].
  The VICE PRESIDENT. The President of the Senate, at the direction of 
that body, appoints the following Senators as a committee on the part 
of the Senate to escort Mr. Mandela, the President of the Republic of 
South Africa, into the House Chamber: The Senator from Maine [Mr. 
Mitchell]; the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Pell]; the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kennedy]; the Senator from New York [Mr. Moynihan]; 
the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Boren]; the Senator from Illinois [Mr. 
Simon]; the Senator from Illinois [Ms. Moseley-Braun]; the Senator from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold]; the Senator from Kansas [Mr. Dole]; and the 
Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Simpson]; the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. 
Cochran]; the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Nickles]; the Senator from 
Indiana [Mr. Lugar]; the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Pressler]; and 
the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Jeffords].
  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.
  The Doorkeeper announced the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court 
of the United States.
  The Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States 
entered the Hall of the House of Representatives and took the seats 
reserved for them in front of the Speaker's rostrum.
  The Doorkeeper announced the Cabinet of the President of the United 
States.
  The members of the Cabinet of the President of the United States 
entered the Hall of the House of Representatives and took the seats 
reserved for them in front of the Speaker's rostrum.
  At 11 o'clock and 12 minutes a.m., the Doorkeeper announced Mr. 
Nelson Mandela, the President of the Republic of South Africa.
  The President of the Republic of South Africa, 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 Mr. 
Nelson Mandela, the President of the Republic of South Africa. 
[Applause, the Members rising.]

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