[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




ALL AMERICANS WILL GET TO SEE THEIR STATE OR TERRITORY ON THE BACK OF A 
       QUARTER THANKS TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM ALABAMA (MR. BACHUS)

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, congratulations to Delaware, the first State 
whose design appears on the back of a quarter. This follows a bill we 
passed last year allowing this privilege to every State, privileges to 
deficit reduction. Every State gets a turn at its own design except the 
District of Columbia and the four territories who were somehow left 
out.
  We are American citizens every bit as much as the residents of the 50 
States thanks to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), who has 
cosponsored a bill to allow the District of Columbia and the 
territories to be added. All American citizens will get to see their 
State, their territory or their District of Columbia design on the back 
of a quarter.
  Mr. Speaker, we welcome the help of the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. 
Bachus) and ask that this bill come to the floor soon so that we can 
cure this oversight.

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