[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TWO MEN WORTHY OF PRAISE

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend two 
individuals who yesterday performed acts worthy of praise, one a 
Democrat, and one a Republican.
  The first, Mr. Speaker, is President Clinton, who last night 
delivered a State of the Union Address in this Chamber that laid out a 
vision for our Nation. It is a vision in which lawmakers put aside 
their partisan differences and work together for the common good, for 
the well-being of the American people. It is a vision he calls the new 
covenant.
  The second individual I want to commend, Mr. Speaker, is Congressman 
Gerald Solomon, the chairman of the Committee on Rules in this House. 
Yesterday, in the spirit of the new covenant, Mr. Solomon decided to 
remove from the wall of his committee room the portrait of Howard W. 
Smith, a portrait that many Members of this House felt was unworthy to 
hang in a place of such distinction.
  I want to thank Chairman Solomon. He is a man of honor, integrity, 
and good will.
  These two men, President Clinton and Gerald Solomon, deserve our 
thanks and our praise.


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