[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 14 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H1141-H1142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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    JOINT MEETING OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO HEAR AN ADDRESS BY HIS 
      EXCELLENCY JACQUES CHIRAC, PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

  The SPEAKER of the House presided.
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms, Bill Sims, 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. On the part of the House, the Chair appoints as members 
of the committee on the part of the House to escort His Excellency 
Jacques Chirac into the Chamber:
  The gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey];
  The gentleman from California [Mr. Cox];
  The gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman];
  The gentleman from Nebraska [Mr. Bereuter];
  The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Gephardt];
  The gentlewoman from Connecticut [Mrs. Kennelly];
  The gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Hoyer]; and
  The gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton].
  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 His Excellency Jacques Chirac, the President of 
the French Republic, into the House Chamber:
  The Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Lott];
  The Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Cochran];
  The Senator from Florida [Mr. Mack];
  
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  The Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Thurmond];
  The Senator from Georgia [Mr. Coverdell];
  The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Breaux];
  The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Pell];
  The Senator from Hawaii [Mr. Inouye]; and
  The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid].
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms announced the Acting Dean of 
the Diplomatic Corps, His Royal Highness, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 
Ambassador of Saudi Arabia.
  The Acting Dean of the Diplomatic Corps entered the Hall of the House 
of Representatives and took the seat reserved for him.
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms 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 Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms 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 57 minutes a.m., the Assistant to the Sergeant at 
Arms announced the President of the French Republic, His Excellency 
Jacques Chirac.
  The President of the French Republic, 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 the 
President of the French Republic, His Excellency Jacques Chirac.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]

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