[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 14 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       AWARDING CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL TO RUTH AND BILLY GRAHAM

  Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 2657) to award a congressional gold 
medal to Ruth and Billy Graham, with the Senate amendment thereto and 
concur in the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The Clerk read the Senate amendment, as follows:

       Page 4, strike out lines 8 through 19.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Delaware?
  Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, and of course 
I will not object to this particular bill, but I yield to the gentleman 
from Delaware [Mr. Castle] so that he might explain the Senate changes 
in H.R. 2657.
  Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, Members may recall that in the past week or 
two, we passed H.R. 2657, which was a bill to award a congressional 
gold medal to Ruth and Billy Graham. Members on both sides of the 
aisle, with the exception of one, voted for this. It was supported 
almost unanimously in this body, 403 ``yes'' votes at that time, and 
there was no known opposition.
  Mr. Speaker, tonight the Senate amended H.R. 2657 deleting section 5, 
and it is a small change to the legislation. But because it takes some 
time to get this ready, they wanted to run this through tonight to get 
it done. Mr. Speaker, we have no objection to the change and wanted to 
put it before the House tonight.
  Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I, of course, concur with 
the changes of the Senate. I am proud to share with the gentleman from 
Delaware [Mr. Castle] in our support of this particular legislation and 
for Reverend and Mrs. Billy Graham.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to congratulate them for putting 
themselves in the position to be worthy of having a medal of honor 
named after them.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Delaware?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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