[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 7 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      WELCOMING CONGRESSMAN MEEKS

  (Mr. Manton asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues, our newly-elected Member, 
Gregory Meeks, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to welcome you, 
Gregory and your family and all of your supporters in Southeast Queens 
from the 6th Congressional District to this great Hall. I am not going 
to be repetitive here, but I would just like to say that your 
credentials were impeccable, starting off after law school as a 
prosecutor, and later on as a judge in the worker's compensation 
system, and then your service in the New York State Assembly.

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  So you have come here, you have hit the ground running, and we 
welcome you and ask that you have a long career in these sacred halls.
  The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from New York yield?
  Mr. MANTON. Mr. Speaker, I am happy to yield to the Speaker.
  The SPEAKER. It would please the Chair to recognize for his first 
time here the newly elected gentleman from New York (Mr. Meeks), and to 
recognize him on behalf of the House and offer him an opportunity to 
speak to the House.

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