[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 16 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair notes that on May 15, 1986, Mrs. 
Sara Currence Emery was the first woman to appear in this Chamber as 
the secretary of the President of the United States to deliver a 
message to the House of Representatives. Today she is delivering her 
last message. Mrs. Emery is retiring as deputy executive clerk of the 
White House after serving six administrations over the past 28 years. 
She has the congratulations and best wishes of the House.

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