[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 10, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H7159-H7160]
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 BINYAMIN NETANYAHU, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL

  The Speaker of the House presided.
  The Assistant to the Sergeant at Arms, Kerri Hanley, 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 His Excellency, Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime 
Minister of Israel, into the Chamber: The gentleman from Texas [Mr. 
Armey]; the gentleman from Texas [Mr. DeLay]; the gentleman from Ohio 
[Mr. Boehner]; the gentleman from California [Mr. Cox]; the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Paxon]; the gentlewoman from New York [Ms. 
Molinari]; the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman]; the gentleman from 
Louisiana [Mr. Livingston]; the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon]; 
the gentleman from Alabama [Mr. Callahan]; the gentleman from New 
Mexico [Mr. Schiff]; the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fox]; the 
gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Gephardt]; the gentleman from Michigan 
[Mr. Bonior]; the gentlewoman from Connecticut [Mrs. Kennelly]; the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Frost]; the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. 
Hoyer]; the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hamilton]; the gentleman from 
Illinois [Mr. Yates]; the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey]; the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Wilson]; the gentleman from California [Mr. 
Lantos]; the gentleman from California [Mr. Berman]; and the 
gentlewoman from New York [Mrs. Lowey].

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  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, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Prime 
Minister of Israel, into the House Chamber: The Senator from 
Mississippi [Mr. Lott]; the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Nickles]; the 
Senator from Florida [Mr. Mack]; the Senator from Idaho [Mr. Craig]; 
the Senator from New York [Mr. D'Amato]; the Senator from South 
Carolina [Mr. Thurmond]; the Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Helms]; 
the Senator from Utah [Mr. Hatch]; the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. 
Specter]; the Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Daschle]; the Senator from 
Kentucky [Mr. Ford]; the Senator from California [Mrs. Boxer]; the 
Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold]; the Senator from California 
[Mrs. Feinstein]; the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Lautenberg]; the 
Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy]; the Senator from Connecticut [Mr. 
Lieberman]; the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Pell]; the Senator from 
Minnesota [Mr. Wellstone]; the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden]; and the 
Senator from Michigan [Mr. Levin].
  The assistant to the Sergeant at Arms announced the acting dean of 
the diplomatic corps, the Honorable Nuzhet Kandemir, Ambassador of 
Turkey.
  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 10 o'clock and 7 minutes a.m., the assistant to the Sergeant at 
Arms announced the Prime Minister of Israel.
  The Prime Minister of Israel, 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 His 
Excellency, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel.
  [Applause, the Members rising.]

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