[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H4231-H4232]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  AUTHORIZING EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO USE THE ROTUNDA FOR CEREMONY 
          COMMEMORATING THE PLACEMENT OF THE PORTRAIT MONUMENT

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
authorization contained in House Concurrent Resolution 216, which was 
passed in the 104th Congress, relating to the use of the rotunda for a 
ceremony to commemorate the placement of the Portrait Monument in the 
Capitol rotunda, be extended into this, the 105th

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Congress, subject to concurrence by the Senate.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. HOYER. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, and I will not 
object, but if there is any further explanation necessary, I will yield 
to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, since the Portrait Monument was actually 
placed in the rotunda in the 105th Congress we had created an 
opportunity for a ceremony in the 104th. Given the rules since the 
104th expired, there is no current ability to hold a ceremony. What we 
are asking for is to bring that ceremony authorized in Concurrent 
Resolution 216 into the 105th, based upon concurrence by the Senate.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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