[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 199 (Thursday, December 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H14900-H14901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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             DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS WELCOMES JESSE JACKSON, JR.

  (Mr. GEPHARDT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning on behalf of the 
entire Democratic Caucus to welcome the newest Member of the United 
States House of Representatives, Jesse Jackson, Jr., our colleague from 
the Second Congressional District of Illinois. At 30 years old, Mr. 
Jackson will be one of the youngest Members of the 104th Congress. But 
what he lacks in age, he more than makes up in commitment to justice 
and opportunity for the people of Illinois, Chicago, and all Americans.
  As field director for the National Rainbow Coalition, he has been on 
the front lines to fight for economic opportunity in America's cities 
and basic equality and justice everywhere. When he ran for Congress 
this year, he pledged to dedicate himself to the kind of issues that 
are at the heart of the Democratic Party and America. Protecting 
Medicare and Medicaid, raising the minimum wage, creating jobs, and 
fighting to heal the divisions that too often exist among races and 
between genders in our country.
  I am proud to serve with Jesse Jackson, Jr., and I know that he will 
do remarkable things for the people of his district, bringing all of 
the energy, enthusiasm, and dedication to bear on the problems we face.
  So I say to the gentleman from Illinois, welcome to the people's 
House, and we all look forward to working with you as we together do 
the people's business.

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REPORT ON RESOLUTION WAIVING POINTS OF ORDER AGAINST CONFERENCE REPORT 
 ON H.R. 1530, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

  Mr. SOLOMON, from the Committee on rules, submitted a privileged 
report (Rept. No. 104-407) on the resolution (H. Res. 307) waiving 
points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill 
(H.R. 1530) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, which 
was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.

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